Decancq, Koen; Goedemé, Tim; Van den Bosch, Karel; … - Centrum voor Sociaal Beleid - Herman Deleeck, … - 2013
This paper considers the measurement of poverty in the European Union (EU). Starting from a definition of poverty that is suitable for the European context, a flexible measurement framework is proposed based on the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke class of poverty measures. Three key issues need to be...