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Trends in Subjective Income Poverty Rates in the European Union

Želinský, Tomáš; Mysíková, Martina; Garner, Thesia I.

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Authors

Martina Mysíková

Thesia I. Garner



Abstract

When developing anti-poverty policies, policymakers need accurate data on the prevalence of poverty. In this paper, we focus on subjective poverty, a concept which has been largely neglected in the literature, though it remains a conceptually appealing way to define poverty. The primary goal of this study is to re-examine the concept of subjective poverty measurement and to estimate trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union. Our estimations are based on a Minimum Income Question using data from a representative survey, EU-SILC. We find robust empirical evidence of decreasing trends in subjective poverty in 16 of 28 EU countries. We conjecture that trends in subjective poverty may reflect changes in societies which are not captured by official poverty indicators, and our results thus enrich the existing data on general poverty trends in the EU.

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Želinský, T., Mysíková, M., & Garner, T. I. (2022). Trends in Subjective Income Poverty Rates in the European Union. European Journal of Development Research, 34(5), 2493-2516. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00457-2

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 5, 2021
Online Publication Date Sep 21, 2021
Publication Date 2022-10
Deposit Date Sep 21, 2021
Publicly Available Date Dec 15, 2022
Journal The European Journal of Development Research
Print ISSN 0957-8811
Electronic ISSN 1743-9728
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 34
Issue 5
Pages 2493-2516
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-021-00457-2

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