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On applying synthetic indices of multidimensional well-being: health and income inequalities in selected EU countries

Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2008

-oriented analysis. This paper examines empirical strategies to measure poverty and inequality in multiple domains, concentrating on two …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609386

New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for Selected OECD Countries, 1981 - 2007

Sharpe, Andrew; Osberg, Lars - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

This report presents new estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) and its four domains (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, economic equality, and economic security) for 14 OECD countries for the 1980-2007 period. It finds that in 2007 Norway had the highest level of economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489033

Measuring Economic Security in Insecure Times: New Perspectives, New Events, and the Index of Economic Well-being

Osberg, Lars - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

, single-parent poverty, and old-age poverty – are discussed. The second objective is to consider the adequacy of our framework …

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The Economic Crises Through the Lens of Economic Well-being

Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

about 4 percentage points in the after-tax poverty rate, which would reach 13.2 per cent in 2010. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489035

New Estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being for Canada and the Provinces, 1981 - 2008

Sharpe, Andrew; Osberg, Lars - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

This report presents new estimates of the Index of Economic Well-being (IEWB) and its four domains (consumption flows, stocks of wealth, economic equality and economic security) for Canada and the provinces for the 1981-2008 period. It finds that the IEWB advanced at a 1.20 per cent average...

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Living Standards Domain of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing

Sharpe, Andrew; Arsenault, Jean-François - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2009

and wealth of Canadians over time, including trends in poverty. Part three discusses trends in income fluctuations or … and 2008. Indeed, Canadians experienced a widening of income and wealth inequalities. There have been poverty reductions …

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Multidimensional poverty and inequality

Aaberge, Rolf; Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2014

This paper examines different approaches to the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty. First, it … treatment in poverty measurement. Finally, it reviews the axiomatic approach to inequality analysis. The paper provides a …

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Energy poverty in Italy

Faiella, Ivan; Lavecchia, Luciano - Banca d'Italia - 2014

no official definition of energy poverty (EP). The purpose of this study is to provide the reader with a set of … indicators to fill this gap. We present a range of poverty measures which estimate that between 5 and 20 per cent of households …

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Measurement of income distribution in supranational entities: the case of the European Union

Brandolini, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2007

each member country on the basis of national indicators; EU-wide estimates of inequality and poverty play no role. Yet this … methodological requirements of this evaluative exercise, and provides the first estimates of inequality and poverty in the enlarged …

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