Income based measures are inadequate for studying poverty as a state of hardship in living conditions. Nevertheless, research on poverty dynamics seems to remain based on income alone. Moreover, spells usually replace individuals or households as units of analysis leading to a concentration on...

In this paper we aim at studying poverty dynamics and the socio-demographic factors influencing it; alternative measures for the definition of the concept of poverty, making use of panel regression models, are compared. The introduction of two alternative measures is necessary in order to...

In this paper we aim at studying poverty dynamics and the socio-demographic factors influencing it; alternative measures for the definition of the concept of poverty, making use of panel regression models, are compared. The introduction of two alternative measures is necessary in order to...