International comparisons, international data

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Chapter 3 in Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad, 2023, pp 46-55 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: International comparisons require internationally comparable data. We describe the ‘harmonised’ cross-sectional and panel surveys that are now available for most Western countries, notably the surveys conducted for European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC, 2004-) and the European Social Survey (ESS, 2002-). These are supplemented by national panel surveys for Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the US. The chapter describes the main concepts and measures of policy outcomes in these surveys: measures of poverty, of income, wealth and gender inequality, of income stability and life satisfaction. The analytic framework used to assess differences of regime performance on these outcomes is outlined.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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