Comparative measures of multidimensional deprivation in the European Union

Gianni Betti, Francesca Gagliardi, Achille Lemmi and Vijay Verma

Empirical Economics, 2015, vol. 49, issue 3, 1100 pages

Abstract: This paper proposes new fuzzy measures of monetary poverty and also non-monetary deprivation, providing an economic interpretation of the parameters involved. For non-monetary deprivation, the paper provides a step-by-step procedure: dimensions or groupings of initial items of deprivation are identified using explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses, and a weighting system is applied for the aggregation of individual items into the dimension they represent. The methodology is applied to European Union countries using European Union-Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data for the 2011 survey wave. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Keywords: Multidimensional poverty; Deprivation; Fuzzy sets; EU-SILC; I32; C43; C81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-014-0904-9

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