The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … the population. It derives the implications of a between-type regressive transfer principle for poverty measures, for the … choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in …

Energy poverty, long considered a problem limited to developing countries only, is now widely acknowledged as a … challenge for advanced OECD countries as well. How energy poverty is perceived depends on the conceptualization and assessment … push into poverty. In Europe, the UK has spearheaded the definition and measurement of such phenomena. The most common way …

the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. …

consumption distribution, poverty and inequality for the world and specific country aggregates. …

Fuel poverty may become an increasingly severe problem in developed countries in cases when real prices for fossil … fuels increase at high rates or when real energy prices increase due to policies for greenhouse gas abatement. Fuel poverty … measurement consists of two largely independent parts, firstly, the definition of an adequate fuel poverty line, and secondly, the …

are for income inequality and relative poverty. To bridge this gap, we provide new evidence on the basis of the best … countries. We find that for some countries Gini coefficients and headcount poverty ratios are statistically significantly … Gini coefficients by 2% for Italy, 3% for Columbia and by 4% for Georgia, while it would increase the headcount poverty …