The Measurement of Absolute Poverty

J Bradshaw, B Nolan, B Maitre, N Finch

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Abstract

Section 1 presents the results of the empirical analysis of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) which explores income definitions of (absolute) poverty.
Section 2 presents the results of the empirical analysis of the Household Budget Survey (HBS) which explores expenditure based thresholds of (absolute) poverty.
Section 3 contains a discussion of the work undertaken, summary of the findings and conclusions and recommendations.
For EUROSTAT
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationUniversity of York, York
PublisherSocial Policy Research Unit, University of York
Publication statusPublished - 2000

Keywords

  • social exclusion, income, poverty
  • research methodologies

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