The Heavy Burden of “Dependent Children”: An Italian Story

Gianni Betti, Francesca Gagliardi and Laura Neri
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Francesca Gagliardi: Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
Laura Neri: Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-12

Abstract: This paper analyses multidimensional fuzzy monetary and non-monetary deprivation in households with children by using two different definitions: households with children under 14 years old, and the EU definition of households with dependent children. Eight dimensions of non-monetary deprivation were found using 34 items from the EU-SILC 2016 survey. Dealing with subpopulations, it is essential to compute standard errors for the presented estimators. Thus, a relevant added value of the paper is fuzzy poverty measures and associated standard errors, which were also computed. Moreover, a comparison was made between the measures obtained concerning the two subpopulations across countries. With a focus on Italy, an Italian macro-region is presented.

Keywords: households with children; fuzzy sets; non-monetary poverty; standard errors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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