Fuzzy Measures of Multidimensional Poverty in the Mediterranean Area: A Focus on Financial Dimension

Martina Ciani, Francesca Gagliardi, Samuele Riccarelli and Gianni Betti
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Martina Ciani: Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
Francesca Gagliardi: Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
Samuele Riccarelli: Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: The main scope of the paper is to adopt a fuzzy sets approach for the measurement of multidimensional poverty over a period of eight years, from 2007 to 2015, which takes into account the effect of the 2008 economic and financial crisis. In particular, the focus is on the financial dimension of poverty, and its effects on citizens in the EU Mediterranean Area. The empirical analysis, based on the European Union—Statistics on Income and Living Conditions survey (EU-SILC), covers eight Mediterranean Countries.

Keywords: multidimensional poverty; financial poverty; Mediterranean area; fuzzy sets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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