on affordability measure has little overlap with the existing literature on poverty measurement. A comprehensive … relative to income or an absolute or relative income poverty line fare well from a dynamic perspective. …

developed. Subsequently, on the basis of LIS data the effectiveness and efficiency in reducing poverty through social assistance …

-distribution method. Poverty and inequality decline overall, since households with children and low income gain, while those who used to …

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 …

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 …