The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in … empirical work on poverty measurement is clarified. -- Poverty measures ; differences in needs ; principle of transfers …

poverty lines as well as techniques for fuel poverty measurement. Based on household data from Germany, figures that would … measurement consists of two largely independent parts, firstly, the definition of an adequate fuel poverty line, and secondly, the … resulting fuel poverty assessment. Options for fuel poverty measurement and subgroup comparison in order to identify most …

techniques for fuel poverty measurement. Based on household data from Germany, figures that would result from different fuel …Fuel poverty measurement consists of two independent parts: firstly, the definition of an adequate fuel poverty line … fuel poverty measurement and subgroup comparison are discussed. …

of their practical importance for the measurement of inequality and poverty, a large number of methods for the estimation … vergleichbar zu machen. Aufgrund ihrer praktischen Relevanz für die Messung von Ungleichheit und Armut wurden etliche Methoden für … this paper, we employ German household expenditure data to estimate exact equivalence scales using several parametric …

Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty … with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling for individual poverty status and poverty intensity. The negative … relationship between aggregate poverty and SWB is more salient in the upper segments of the income distribution and is robust to …

Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty … with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling for individual poverty status and poverty intensity. The negative … relationship between aggregate poverty and SWB is more salient in the upper segments of the income distribution and is robust to …

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …

We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and … panel data. We use long-term panel data from Germany and apply different regression models, based on household covariates … and previous-year equivalence income, to classify a household as vulnerable or not. Predictive performance is assessed …

Income inequality and poverty risks receive a lot of attention in public debates and current research. However, the … things, our results indicate that poverty risks for households with children - especially for single parents - are … population at poverty risk. …

poverty as a whole. The paper shows that the widely used Shorrocks-Index for decomposing permanent and transitory inequality … can also be acquired to describe poverty. This method overcomes certain difficulties involved in the methods of Rodgers … & Rodgers (1993). The characteristics of the proposed Poverty-Stability-Index allow for an intuitive differentiation between the …