Choosing an optimal material deprivation indicator threshold

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2020.1734181" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2020.1734181</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2020.1734181" target="_blank" >10.1080/13504851.2020.1734181</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Choosing an optimal material deprivation indicator threshold

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Severe material deprivation, a dimension of the poverty and social exclusion index, one of Europe 2020 Strategy headline indicators, is defined as enforced lack of at least four of nine specific items. Proposals for modifications in the indicator include the Material and Social Deprivation indicator which is based on an updated set of thirteen items, whereas the choice of the threshold was datadriven. This paper proposes a simple, yet a rigorous methodology based on the Youden index to set a threshold to classify individuals into ‘deprived’ and ‘non-deprived’ groups. Applying the Youden index to 2014–2018 EU-Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data suggests an optimal cut-off point of the value of 5. This is in line with the suggestions of the Indicators Sub- Group of the Social Protection Committee. The estimated rates of material deprivation based on the new indicator are 2.2-times higher on average than the current rate. Assuming that the newly proposed definition better reflects the true nature of deprivation in the EU, the aggregate measure of ‘at risk of poverty or social exclusion’ has been underestimated, as material deprivation is one of its three dimensions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Choosing an optimal material deprivation indicator threshold

Popis výsledku anglicky

Severe material deprivation, a dimension of the poverty and social exclusion index, one of Europe 2020 Strategy headline indicators, is defined as enforced lack of at least four of nine specific items. Proposals for modifications in the indicator include the Material and Social Deprivation indicator which is based on an updated set of thirteen items, whereas the choice of the threshold was datadriven. This paper proposes a simple, yet a rigorous methodology based on the Youden index to set a threshold to classify individuals into ‘deprived’ and ‘non-deprived’ groups. Applying the Youden index to 2014–2018 EU-Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data suggests an optimal cut-off point of the value of 5. This is in line with the suggestions of the Indicators Sub- Group of the Social Protection Committee. The estimated rates of material deprivation based on the new indicator are 2.2-times higher on average than the current rate. Assuming that the newly proposed definition better reflects the true nature of deprivation in the EU, the aggregate measure of ‘at risk of poverty or social exclusion’ has been underestimated, as material deprivation is one of its three dimensions.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

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

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Applied Economics Letters

ISSN

1350-4851

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

28

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

5

Strana od-do

100-104

Kód UT WoS článku

000517035300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85080061945