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This paper analizes the links between non-monetary deprivation and inequalities in poverty levels in Europe. Non … Poverty (GIP). These two complementary indicators allow respectively to identify the principal characteristics of non …-monetary deprivation and the determinants of the inequalities in poverty. The study makes use of data for 22 European Countries based on …
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by groups and income sources. The multi-decomposition of the poverty growth yields respectively: the growth rate of the … poverty incidence (poverty rate) decomposed by groups, the growth rate of the poverty depth (poverty gap ratios) decomposed by …-decomposition is not unique. It is mainly dependent on poverty lines defined on the space of income sources. An application to …
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Despite the increasing awareness concerning the importance of distinguishing chronic and transient poverty for policy … making, cross-country comparative studies of poverty dynamics in developing countries are virtually non-existent. The small … differences among them. Crucial questions are still unanswered. Are the factors associated with chronic poverty and vulnerability …
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This article presents a simple non-polynomial spline that may be used to construct Lorenz curves from grouped data. The spline is naturally convex and works by determining a series of piecewise segments that may be joined to give a smooth and continuous Lorenz curve. The method is illustrated...
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of schooling and gross domestic regional product, but positively associated with the income Gini index, poverty incidence …, and poverty gap. …
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Two conversion schemes are usually employed for assessing personal-income inequality from household equivalent incomes: to weight household units by size or by needs.Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we show the sensitivity of country inequality rankings to conversion schemes and...
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The methodology of the anthropometric indices of chronic poverty at early stages of human development is reviewed by …
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Older people report much less hardship than younger people in a range of contexts, despite lower incomes. Hardship indicators are increasingly influential, so the source of the gradient has considerable policy implications. We propose a theoretical and empirical strategy to decompose the sources...
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-SILC) to develop a measure of consistent poverty in Portugal. It is widely agreed that being poor does not simply mean not … living and participation in the society one belongs to. The coexistence of material deprivation and monetary poverty leads to … the concept of consistent poverty. The assessment of material deprivation and the identification of the households and …
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Bislang beschränkt sich die Messung von Armut und Ungleichheit in der deutschen Armutsberichterstattung im Wesentlichen auf die Betrachtung des Nettoeinkommens. Ein solches Vorgehen vernachlässigt umfangreiche öffentliche Leistungen, die in Form von nichtmonetären Leistungen erbracht werden....
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