Showing 1 - 10 of 20
This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net household income are derived. The BHPS net household income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682961
This paper provides new evidence about poverty trends in Turkey between 2003 and 2011 and the factors accounting for … them. We give particular attention to issues of statistical inference, and the choice of the poverty line and the poverty … measure. Our robust conclusion is that absolute poverty declined rapidly between 2003 and 2008 but fell only slightly between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722704
The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the EU’s portfolio of primary indicators … drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data. Using a prototypical model of poverty dynamics, we explain how the … near-linear relationship arises and show how the model can be used to predict persistent poverty rates from current poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126560
is evidence about real income levels and inequality, and the prevalence of affluence and of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167205
Over the last four decades, academic and wider public interest in inequality and poverty has grown substantially. In … this paper we address the question: what have been the major new directions in the analysis of inequality and poverty over … inequality and poverty, changes in the policy environment, increased scrutiny of the concepts of ?poverty? and inequality? and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260927
This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net household income are derived. The BHPS net household income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274629
is evidence about real income levels and inequality, and the prevalence of affluence and of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418989
This paper provides new evidence about poverty trends in Turkey between 2003 and 2011 and the factors accounting for … them. We give particular attention to issues of statistical inference, and the choice of the poverty line and the poverty … measure. Our robust conclusion is that absolute poverty declined rapidly between 2003 and 2008 but fell only slightly between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329206
This paper provides new evidence about poverty trends in Turkey between 2003 and 2011 and the factors accounting for … them. We give particular attention to issues of statistical inference, and the choice of the poverty line and the poverty … measure. Our robust conclusion is that absolute poverty declined rapidly between 2003 and 2008 but fell only slightly between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331221
The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the EU's portfolio of primary indicators … drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data. Using a prototypical model of poverty dynamics, we explain how the … near-linear relationship arises and show how the model can be used to predict persistent poverty rates from current poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272000