On the measurement of the income poverty rate: The equivalence scale across Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378025%3A_____%2F19%3A00518424" target="_blank" >RIV/68378025:_____/19:00518424 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0303565" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0303565</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
On the measurement of the income poverty rate: The equivalence scale across Europe
Original language description
The methodology used to determine the at-risk-of-poverty rate commonly applied in the European context is often criticised for arbitrary steps in its construction. This study questions the first step – the equivalence scale applied to transform the disposable income of households of different sizes into comparable units. First, we hypothesise that economies of scale are lower in Central-Eastern European countries than in their Western counterparts. We assess the hypothesis using a simple descriptive analysis of the structure of household consumption expenditures based on Household Budget Survey data. Second, we demonstrate the sensitivity of the at-risk-of-poverty rate to an equivalence scale based on the Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data. We identify three different groups of countries according to the sensitivity of the income poverty rate to the relative adult and child household member weights assigned by the equivalence scale. The study contributes to the discussion on defining accurate, country-specific equivalence scales.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-07036S" target="_blank" >GA18-07036S: Methodology and reality of poverty: Czech Republic in the European context</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal
ISSN
0322-788X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
99
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
383-397
UT code for WoS article
000503979300004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85082063923