This paper attempts to measure the extent of inequality within households and its contribution to overall levels of inequality in child well-being. The paper analyses the distribution of resources (outcomes) between girls and boys for four indicators: nutrition, birth registration, school...

As part of its 2020 Strategy adopted, the EU has set a number of headline targets including one for poverty and social exclusion reduction. Our analysis in this paper suggests that, in focusing on the union of the three chosen component indicators, cross-nationally we are not comparing like with...

Este trabajo pretende abordar la noción de pobreza desde el punto de vista de la literatura, la cual contiene diversas concepciones y posibilidades que en definitiva permiten comprender qué significa ser pobre y quiénes lo son o lo pueden llegar a ser. Particularmente se expone el caso de una...