Okun`s and Barro`s Misery Index as an alternative poverty assessment tool. Recent estimations for European countries.

The paper discusses an alternative measure for poverty assessment - the Misery Index. An author develops an extended version of the index. The calculations are run for European countries, based on Eurostat datas.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Ewa, Lechman
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Poverty \| poverty measures \| Misery Index

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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