Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/248608 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Discussion Paper No. 1149
Publisher: 
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka
Abstract: 
This paper examines various aspects of elderly poverty and its measurement. It first discusses some of the most important issues relating to measuring elderly poverty. It then reviews recent trends in elderly poverty, which show considerable heterogeneity in the extent of elderly poverty even among developed countries. Such cross-country differences are due at least partly to differences in the generosity of public old-age pensions and other social safety nets for the elderly. Empirical evidence also corroborates that the expansion of public pension programs has often played a key role in reducing elderly poverty.
Subjects: 
elderly poverty
population aging
poverty measurement
public pensions
JEL: 
H55
I32
J14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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