Comparing Poverty in 13 OECD Countries Traditional and Synthetic Approaches

Michael Förster

No 100, LIS Working papers from LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

Abstract: A comprehensive look not only into the poverty rankings but the methodology used to gain them. Special attention and is paid to the unit of economic analysis, choice of equivalence scale, and selection of approach to define and measure poverty. The role of the state in alleviating poverty is also investigated.

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Date: 1993-07
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Published in OECD Labor Market and Social Policy Studies #14. OECD Economic Studies #23. The Economist, 11/5-22, 1994)

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