Equivalence scale and income poverty: Two approaches to estimate country-specific scale for the Czech Republic

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RIV/61384399:31140/21:00057158

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11205-021-02636-4" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11205-021-02636-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-021-02636-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11205-021-02636-4</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Equivalence scale and income poverty: Two approaches to estimate country-specific scale for the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The at-risk-of-poverty rate, the relative income poverty indicator applied in the EU, can be highly sensitive to the equivalence scale used to transform household income to an equivalent for individuals. This study applies two well-established approaches to estimate the equivalence scale: an ‘objective’ one, based on consumption expenditures available in the national Household Budget Survey, and a ‘subjective’ one, based on the Minimum Income Question available in EU–Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data. The aim is to contrast the two estimated equivalence scales in the Czech Republic in the 2006–2016 period with the OECD-modified scale applied uniformly for decades across the EU countries. Our findings suggest that the adult weight in the equivalence scale is decreasing over time, while the child weight is relatively stable under both approaches. The estimated weights are lower than the officially applied ones, with the exception of the expenditure based adult weight, which is very close to the OECD-modified weight. Applying the estimated scales affects the income poverty rate and leads to different rates than the official ones: while the trends of the rates are similar when the two estimated scales are used, the official income poverty rate trend deviates from those two.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Equivalence scale and income poverty: Two approaches to estimate country-specific scale for the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

The at-risk-of-poverty rate, the relative income poverty indicator applied in the EU, can be highly sensitive to the equivalence scale used to transform household income to an equivalent for individuals. This study applies two well-established approaches to estimate the equivalence scale: an ‘objective’ one, based on consumption expenditures available in the national Household Budget Survey, and a ‘subjective’ one, based on the Minimum Income Question available in EU–Statistics on Income and Living Conditions data. The aim is to contrast the two estimated equivalence scales in the Czech Republic in the 2006–2016 period with the OECD-modified scale applied uniformly for decades across the EU countries. Our findings suggest that the adult weight in the equivalence scale is decreasing over time, while the child weight is relatively stable under both approaches. The estimated weights are lower than the officially applied ones, with the exception of the expenditure based adult weight, which is very close to the OECD-modified weight. Applying the estimated scales affects the income poverty rate and leads to different rates than the official ones: while the trends of the rates are similar when the two estimated scales are used, the official income poverty rate trend deviates from those two.

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

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Social Indicators Research

ISSN

0303-8300

e-ISSN

1573-0921

Svazek periodika

156

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

25

Strana od-do

21-45

Kód UT WoS článku

000621717500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85101751354