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Decomposing the changes in poverty: Poverty line and distributional effects
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Abstract When measuring poverty in developed countries, the poverty line used to identify the poor is usually relative and set as a percentage of the median (or of the mean) of the total income. In consequence, when poverty is analyzed over a period of time, changes in the poverty level depend on the impact ... mehr
When measuring poverty in developed countries, the poverty line used to identify the poor is usually relative and set as a percentage of the median (or of the mean) of the total income. In consequence, when poverty is analyzed over a period of time, changes in the poverty level depend on the impact of evolving standards. To eliminate this effect, sometimes, an anchored poverty line is used. Furthermore, changes in the mean of the distribution and in the inequality among the poor may also affect the poverty levels. This note proposes a decomposition of the changes in poverty as the sum of four terms. The first two reflect the impact in poverty of changes in living standards and the other two measure the effect of the distributional growth and redistribution. This decomposition will help policymakers in the implementation of a more specific antipoverty agenda. An application with data from the European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions shows the potential of the decomposition proposed.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Armut; Industriestaat; Einkommensverteilung; Einkommensverhältnisse; Lebensstandard; Armutsbekämpfung; Wachstum; Umverteilung; Ungleichheit; soziale Ungleichheit; Europa; EU; internationaler Vergleich
Klassifikation
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Wirtschaftssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
changes in poverty; growth-equity decomposition; identificationof the poor; relative poverty lines; shapley decomposition; EU-SILC 2007; EU-SILC 2016
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 1048-1063
Zeitschriftentitel
Bulletin of Economic Research, 75 (2023) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12394
ISSN
0307-3378
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0