The present article reviews poverty studies in Spanish Autonomous Communities using a new methodological approach. One of the main concerns in those studies is poverty concentration in specific Spanish Autonomous Communities. This can be the result of a bias due to use a unique national poverty...

One of the targets of Europe's growth strategy (Europe 2020) is "reduction of poverty by aiming to lift at least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion". Since poverty is a multidimensional concept, EUROSTAT proposes three indicators to calculate it: people at...

Poverty has been an important area of study in Spain for a long period of time. Many authors have analyzed the number and characteristics of Spanish poor population. Nevertheless, one of the most important criticisms to Spanish studies is related to the variable selected to proxy household's...