Estimation of EU-Comparable Poverty-Related Variables in the United States, 1995-2014

Nico Palesch, Brendon Andrews and Jasmin Thomas

No 2015-12, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: This report seeks to compare poverty rates and poverty gaps for the overall population, the elderly population and single-parent headed households in the United States and selected European Union (EU) countries. In order to make sure that our estimates for the United States, which are based on the United States’ Current Population Survey (CPS) March Supplement, are directly comparable with EU estimates from Eurostat, we undertook a detailed study of the methodology underpinning Eurostat’s poverty estimates, which are derived from the Survey of Income and Labour Conditions (EU-SILC). The outcomes of this paper are estimates six poverty-related variables including overall and elderly poverty gaps and poverty rates, as well as single parent headed household poverty gaps and the Gini coefficient. The results suggest that overall poverty, elderly poverty and single-parent headed household poverty is higher in the United States than in the average European country.

Keywords: Poverty Rate; Poverty Gap; Gini Coefficient; United States; European Union; Elderly Poverty; Household Income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 N32 N34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-09
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