Analysis of Poverty Data by Small Area Estimation

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Editor -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction on Measuring Poverty at Local Level Using Small Area Estimation Methods -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Target Parameters -- 1.2.1 Definition of the Main Poverty Indicators -- 1.2.2 Direct and Indirect Estimate of Poverty Indicators at Small Area Level -- 1.3 Data-related and Estimation-related Problems for the Estimation of Poverty Indicators -- 1.4 Model-assisted and Model-based Methods Used for the Estimation of Poverty Indicators: a Short Review -- 1.4.1 Model-assisted Methods -- 1.4.2 Model-based Methods -- References -- Part I Definition of Indicators and Data Collection and Integration Methods -- Chapter 2 Regional and Local Poverty Measures -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Poverty - Dilemmas of Definition -- 2.3 Appropriate Indicators of Poverty and Social Exclusion at Regional and Local Levels -- 2.3.1 Adaptation to the Regional Level -- 2.4 Multidimensional Measures of Poverty -- 2.4.1 Multidimensional Fuzzy Approach to Poverty Measurement -- 2.4.2 Fuzzy Monetary Depth Indicators -- 2.5 Co-incidence of Risks of Monetary Poverty and Material Deprivation -- 2.6 Comparative Analysis of Poverty in EU Regions in 2010 -- 2.6.1 Data Source -- 2.6.2 Object of Interest -- 2.6.3 Scope and Assumptions of the Empirical Analysis -- 2.6.4 Risk of Monetary Poverty -- 2.6.5 Risk of Material Deprivation -- 2.6.6 Risk of Manifest Poverty -- 2.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Administrative and Survey Data Collection and Integration -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Methods to Integrate Data from Different Data Sources: Objectives and Main Issues -- 3.2.1 Record Linkage -- 3.2.2 Statistical Matching.