The paper focuses on durable goods and their role in the measurement of living standards. The paper reviews the … cost approach. The pros and cons of each method are discussed in the context of poverty and inequality analysis and it is …

-called Paroush approach and Item Response Theory. An empirical illustration follows, based on the 2019 Eurobarometer Survey. The … Element ends with two sections showing first how measures of inequality, poverty and welfare may be derived from such an order …

Monitoring of poverty indexes and structure of household expenditures is one of diagnostic and warning tool for social … politics. Well-being or poverty of selected households’ groups can be illustrated not only by mentioned categories, but also by … possession of consumer durables. Thus, there is implication for poverty and possession (or lack) of some consumer durable goods …

estimate bias attributable to intergenerational poverty descents. Using simple experiments and data from India, poverty …