Counting the poor : new thinking about European poverty measures and lessons for the United States / edited by Douglas J. Besharov, Kenneth A. Couch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Besharov, Douglas J., editor.

Couch, Kenneth A. (Kenneth Alan), editor.

Series:

International policy exchange series.

International policy exchange series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--European Union countries.

Poverty.

Poverty--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With contributions from the world's foremost authorities on social measurement, this volume promises to be the definitive reference for poverty researchers and policymakers seeking to disengage politics from measurement.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

In Memoriam: Joachim R. Frick (1962-2011)

Contributors

1. Introduction

PART ONE: European Measures of Income, Poverty, and Inequality

2. The OECD Approach to Measuring Income Distribution and Poverty

3. Income Indicators for the EU's Social Inclusion Strategy

4. Deconstructing European Poverty Measures

PART TWO: Broadening Measures of Income and Other Financial Resources

5. Accounting for the Distributional Effects of Noncash Public Benefits

6. Accounting for Imputed and Capital Income Flows

7. Accounting for Employee Benefits

8. Impressionistic Realism: A European Focus on US Poverty Measurement

PART THREE: Income Levels for Social Assistance and Their Behavioral Effects

9. Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries

10. Social Assistance Schemes in Developing Countries

11. Europe's Other Poverty Measures: Absolute Thresholds Underlying Social Assistance

PART FOUR: Nonincome Monetary Measures

12. Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty

13. Consumption-Based Measures in Developing Nations: Lessons from Brazil

14. Alternatives to Income-Based Measures of Poverty

PART FIVE: Multidimensional Measures

15. Developing and Learning from EU Measures of Social Inclusion

16. Using Nonmonetary Deprivation Indicators to Analyze European Poverty and Social Exclusion

17. Poverty Redefined as Low Consumption and Low Wealth, Not Just Low Income: Psychological Consequences in Australia and Germany

18. Anomalies in European Measures of Poverty and Social Exclusion

PART SIX: Conclusion

19. New Comparative Measures of Income, Material Deprivation, and Well-Being

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-986059-9

OCLC:

812785056