On the measurement of the income poverty rate: The equivalence scale across Europe

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<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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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

On the measurement of the income poverty rate: The equivalence scale across Europe

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

On the measurement of the income poverty rate: The equivalence scale across Europe

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA18-07036S" target="_blank" >GA18-07036S: Metodologie a realita chudoby: Česká republika v evropském kontextu</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal

ISSN

0322-788X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

99

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

383-397

Kód UT WoS článku

000503979300004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85082063923