Trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union

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When developing anti-poverty policies, policymakers need accurate data on the prevalence of poverty. In this paper, we focus on subjective poverty, a concept which has been largely neglected in the literature, though it remains a conceptually appealing way to define poverty. The primary goal of this study is to re-examine the concept of subjective poverty measurement and to estimate trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union. Our estimations are based on a Minimum Income Question using data from a representative survey, EU-SILC. We find robust empirical evidence of decreasing trends in subjective poverty in 16 of 28 EU countries. We conjecture that trends in subjective poverty may reflect changes in societies which are not captured by official poverty indicators, and our results thus enrich the existing data on general poverty trends in the EU.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: The European Journal of Development Research ; ISSN: 1743-9728 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: Online First Articles ; London: Palgrave Macmillan

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
• Subject: Subjective poverty ; Minimum Income Question ; intersection approach ; EU-SILC ; European Union

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Želinský, Tomáš ; Mysíková, Martina ; Garner, Thesia I.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Palgrave Macmillan
• (where): London
• (when): 2021

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1057/s41287-021-00457-2
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/242495
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET