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A decomposition of multidimensional economic well-being : an application to Spanish regions
Díaz Caro, Carlos; Pérez Mayo, Jesús - 2015 - (Early draft version)
The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475830
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A Behaviouristic Approach for Measuring Poverty: The Decomposition Approach ; Empirical Illustrations for Germany 1995-2009
Faik, Jürgen - 2011
In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition …'s mean welfare level, does not exist, on principle, in the decomposition approach. Present author's own calculations reveal … levels of the decomposition approach can be interpreted as upper limits for the "true" level of poverty, and, conversely, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601025
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Inequality and poverty in Greece : changes in times of crisis
Andriopoulou, Eirini; Karakitsios, Alexandros; … - 2017
The Greek crisis was the deepest and longest ever recorded in an OECD country in the postwar period. Output declined by over a quarter and disposable income by more than 40%, while the unemployment rate exceeded 27%. The paper explores the effects of the crisis on the level and the structure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119583
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Decomposing poverty in hard times: Greece 2007-2016
Andriopoulou, Eirini; Kanavitsa, Eleni; Tsakloglou, Panos O. - 2020
The Greek economic crisis resulted in a decline in household disposable income by more than 40%. Even though all population groups lost income in absolute terms, some were substantially more severely hit by the crisis. The paper examines the effect of the crisis on the population shares, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236497
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Decomposing poverty in hard times : Greece 2007-2016
Andriopoulou, Eirini; Kanavitsa, Eleni; Tsakloglou, Panos O. - 2020
The Greek economic crisis resulted in a decline in household disposable income by more than 40%. Even though all population groups lost income in absolute terms, some were substantially more severely hit by the crisis. The paper examines the effect of the crisis on the population shares, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012225681
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A behaviouristic approach for measuring poverty : the decomposition approach ; empirical illustrations for Germany 1995-2009
Faik, Jürgen - 2011
In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition …'s mean welfare level, does not exist, on principle, in the decomposition approach. Present author's own calculations reveal … levels of the decomposition approach can be interpreted as upper limits for the "true" level of poverty, and, conversely, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154497
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Gender differences in mental well-being : a decomposition analysis
Madden, David - 2008
decomposition techniques to Irish data for 1994 and 2000 to examine the factors lying behind the gender differences in GHQ score … arising from the differing effect of principal economic status on men and women. -- GHQ ; decomposition ; path dependence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723874
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A profile of obesity in Ireland, 2002 - 2007
Madden, David - 2010
body mass index rather than a change in the shape of the distribution. Finally a semi-parametric decomposition of the … characteristics but rather the in the impact of these characteristics on body mass index. -- Obesity ; Body Mass Index ; Decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009726086
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Decomposing Poverty in Hard Times : Greece 2007-2016
Andriopoulou, Eirini - 2020
The Greek economic crisis resulted in a decline in household disposable income by more than 40%. Even though all population groups lost income in absolute terms, some were substantially more severely hit by the crisis. The paper examines the effect of the crisis on the population shares, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831239
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Inequality and poverty in Greece : changes in times of crisis
Andriopoulou, Eirini; Karakitsios, Alexandros; … - 2017
The Greek crisis was the deepest and longest ever recorded in an OECD country in the postwar period. Output declined by over a quarter and disposable income by more than 40%, while the unemployment rate exceeded 27%. The paper explores the effects of the crisis on the level and the structure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732003