Hagenaars The Perception of Poverty

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9635-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 156, 318 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Contributions to Economic Analysis

An attempt to define, measure and explain poverty is presented in this volume by means of a newly developed theoretical model. A combination of theory and empirical application is achieved by using the theoretical model on a sizeable data set derived from an extensive survey conducted in eight European countries. The nature of poverty is thereby empirically defined (and not a priori) as being the income level at which households feel that their income is just between sufficient and insufficient.An aggregate poverty index, associated with this poverty line definition, is calculated for each country and for subgroups within each country.Conclusions for social policy are drawn, describing which groups are at especially high risk of entering poverty, and who therefore need more specific policies. It is also discussed to what extent economic growth will eliminate poverty and which alternative measures are available.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hagenaars, A. J. M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The Perception of Poverty;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;14
5;Introduction to the series;6
6;PREFACE;10
7;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;13
8;Chapter
1. The poverty concept;18
8.1;1.1 What is poverty?;18
8.2;1.2 A review of poverty line definitions;32
8.3;1.3 Conclusion;54
8.4;Notes;58
9;Chapter
2. The derivation of the poverty line;60
9.1;2.1 A welfare definition of poverty;61
9.2;2.2 Comparison with other poverty line definitions;72
9.3;2.3 Evaluation of different definitions;76
9.4;Notes;82
10;Chapter
3. Determinants of income;84
10.1;3.1 The income concept used;84
10.2;3.2 Determinants of individual income;88
10.3;3.3 Participation of the partner in the labour force;96
10.4;Notes;99
10.5;Appendix;100
11;Chapter
4. Determinants of welfare parameters;103
11.1;4.1 Determinants of the individual welfare function of income;103
11.2;4.2 Hypotheses on the effects of socio–economic variables on µ;112
11.3;4.3 Hypotheses on the effects of socio-economic variables on s;117
11.4;Notes;119
11.5;Appendix;120
12;Chapter
5. Determinants of poverty;122
12.1;5.1 Derivation of the poverty line;123
12.2;5.2 Poverty determinants;126
12.3;5.3 Poverty determinants for other household types;129
12.4;5.4 Hypotheses on determinants of poverty;131
13;Chapter
6. The extent of poverty;136
13.1;6.1 Introduction;136
13.2;6.2 Axiomatic requirements;138
13.3;6.3 Performance of various poverty indices;142
13.4;6.4 Generalization of CHU's index;145
13.5;6.5 Special cases of the general class of poverty indices;149
13.6;6.6 Extensions;153
13.7;6.7 Poverty measurement and the individual welfare function of income;155
13.8;Notes;158
13.9;Appendix;159
14;Chapter
7. Description of the data;166
14.1;7.1 Organization;166
14.2;7.2 Sampling methods;167
14.3;7.3 Written questionnaires versus oral interviews;167
14.4;7.4 Differences in questionnaires;168
14.5;7.5 The interview;168
14.6;7.6 Analysis of response;169
14.7;7.7 Representativeness of the sample;170
14.8;7.8 The use of weights in regression analysis;173
14.9;7.9 Missing observations;175
14.10;7.10 Measurement errors;176
14.11;Notes;177
14.12;Appendix;178
15;Chapter
8. Empirical results: differences in welfare;184
15.1;Notes;191
15.2;Appendix;192
16;Chapter
9. Empirical results: determinants of income;197
16.1;9.1 Individual income functions for working men;197
16.2;9.2 Individual income functions for working women;213
16.3;9.3 Income of non-working households;221
16.4;Notes;228
16.5;Appendix;229
17;Chapter
10. Empirical results: determinants of welfare;233
17.1;10.1 Determinants of µ;233
17.2;10.2 Determinants of s;244
17.3;Notes;248
17.4;Appendix;249
18;Chapter
11. Empirical results: poverty lines and poverty determinants;257
18.1;11.1 Poverty lines, differentiated according to household type;257
18.2;11.2 Poverty lines in different countries;260
18.3;11.3 The effect of children;262
18.4;11.4 Comparison of one- and two-earner households;264
18.5;11.5 The probability of being poor;266
18.6;Notes;276
18.7;Appendix;277
19;Chapter
12. Empirical results: the extent of poverty;281
19.1;12.1 The poverty index for concave utility functions;281
19.2;12.2 The poverty index with the welfare function of income;284
20;Chapter
13. Conclusions;288
20.1;13.1 Derivation of poverty lines;288
20.2;13.2 Poverty characteristics;291
20.3;13.3 The extent of poverty;292
20.4;13.4 Recent developments;293
20.5;Notes;296
21;Bibliography;297
22;Author index;310
23;Subject index;314