Okun`s and Barro`s Misery Index as an alternative poverty assessment tool. Recent estimations for European countries

Ewa Lechman ()

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Abstract: The paper discusses an alternative measure for poverty assessment - the Misery Index. An author develops an extended version of the index. The calculations are run for European countries, based on Eurostat datas.

Keywords: Poverty; poverty measures; Misery Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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