The Relationship Between EU Indicators of Persistent and Current Poverty

Stephen Jenkins and Philippe Van Kerm

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2014, vol. 116, issue 2, 638 pages

Abstract: The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the European Union’s (EU's) portfolio of primary indicators of social inclusion. We show that there is a near-linear relationship between these two indicators across EU countries drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data. Using a prototypical model of poverty dynamics, we explain how the near-linear relationship arises and show how the model can be used to predict persistent poverty rates from current poverty information. In the light of the results, we discuss whether the EU's persistent poverty measure and the design of EU-SILC longitudinal data collection require modification. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Keywords: Persistent poverty; Income poverty; Poverty; EU-SILC; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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