Many Benefits for Pensioners in IrelandI notice that Coun Sir Jeremy Beecham has dropped his claim that the new pensions credit scheme will give all pensioners "massive increases".
The behavioural changes for single women are generally smaller than for single men, which can be explained by the large proportion of age pensioners amongst single women. Be- havioural changes are not simulated for people over 65 years of age. The effects in this older age group are likely...
Pensioners in Poverty: The Impact of Benefits-in-Kind on Pensioner Incomes and Poverty Measures in Australia, Ireland and the UKMacDougallA.CRITICAL CARE NURSING QUARTERLY
The supplement for a wife of any age is less than half the rate paid to the husband. In Ireland the pension is less generous and only available to employed persons with minimum contributions paid. Australia combines the first and second approaches with a flat-rate pension from age 70 and ...
Many elder pensioners are using these incomes to take care of grandchildren and some send ‘reverse remittances’ to migrant children looking for work in urban areas. Several respondents noted that they were using this money to reinvest in own-account farming and were hiring labour. However, ...