Counting the poor : new thinking about European poverty measures and lessons for the United States /
With contributions from the world's foremost authorities on social measurement, this volume promises to be the definitive reference for poverty researchers and policymakers seeking to disengage politics from measurement.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | International policy exchange series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; In Memoriam: Joachim R. Frick (1962-2011); Contributors; 1. Introduction; PART ONE: European Measures of Income, Poverty, and Inequality; 2. The OECD Approach to Measuring Income Distribution and Poverty; 3. Income Indicators for the EU's Social Inclusion Strategy; 4. Deconstructing European Poverty Measures; PART TWO: Broadening Measures of Income and Other Financial Resources; 5. Accounting for the Distributional Effects of Noncash Public Benefits; 6. Accounting for Imputed and Capital Income Flows; 7. Accounting for Employee Benefits
- 8. Impressionistic Realism: A European Focus on US Poverty MeasurementPART THREE: Income Levels for Social Assistance and Their Behavioral Effects; 9. Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries; 10. Social Assistance Schemes in Developing Countries; 11. Europe's Other Poverty Measures: Absolute Thresholds Underlying Social Assistance; PART FOUR: Nonincome Monetary Measures; 12. Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty; 13. Consumption-Based Measures in Developing Nations: Lessons from Brazil; 14. Alternatives to Income-Based Measures of Poverty; PART FIVE: Multidimensional Measures
- 15. Developing and Learning from EU Measures of Social Inclusion16. Using Nonmonetary Deprivation Indicators to Analyze European Poverty and Social Exclusion; 17. Poverty Redefined as Low Consumption and Low Wealth, Not Just Low Income: Psychological Consequences in Australia and Germany; 18. Anomalies in European Measures of Poverty and Social Exclusion; PART SIX: Conclusion; 19. New Comparative Measures of Income, Material Deprivation, and Well-Being; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z