Showing 1 - 8 of 8
-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
In European poverty research, poverty is usually measured with a poverty line defined as a percentage of the national … differences. Therefore, in this paper we document recent trends in national and EU-wide income poverty dynamics. We analyse to … what extent household incomes have converged in the EU and how this has impacted upon poverty dynamics using both national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010849687
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099670
This paper aims to assess the contribution of different income sources and population characteristics to income inequality and it’s change during the 2004-2010 period in EU Member States. The analysis uses EU-SILC data to study the components of income inequality and its change both during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765089
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100384
The paper provides an evaluation of the redistribution effects stemming from the changes to the personal income tax introduced in the last decade. The analysis confirms that between 1989 and 2001 the net average tax rate increased for all taxpayers and, above all, for one-earner couples. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113660
the literature on new risks in post-industrial societies. We then discuss two explanations for disappointing poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896626
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005770782