for all the countries of the (old) EU and the USA applying the official measurement methods of the United States (absolute …

USA use an objective method to estimate official poverty (Orshansky indicator). Although related, each approach portrays … different dimensions of poverty. In this study we compare the official poverty methodologies of the USA and EU by applying them … Study on Income Dynamics (PSID) for the USA, we compare poverty trends in the USA and EU in relative and absolute terms on a …

Financial poverty indicators still play an important role in policymaking and evaluation. Countries such as the USA and … based on a relative concept. But the consequences of such a decision are considerable. As absolute and relative poverty …