Measuring Multidimensional Poverty and Deprivation (eBook)

Incidence and Determinants in Developed Countries

Roger White (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
272 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783319583686 (ISBN)

Infos

This edited collection provides a comprehensive examination of multidimensional poverty for a wide variety of economies and societies, with a general focus on multidimensional poverty in developed countries, where poverty is often overlooked. Arguing that income- and consumption-based poverty measures cannot provide a full picture of the presence and extent of poverty, the contributors suggest new ways to structure assessment indexes. Complementing the discussion of new rubrics, a series of single-country and comparative examples from Europe and the United States examine variation in multidimensional poverty incidence and the extent of deprivation. This combination of methodology and application will appeal to academics, researchers, and policymakers alike.

Autor

Roger White is Professor of Economics at Whittier College, USA, where he holds the Douglas W. Ferguson Chair in International Economics. His research largely focuses on international trade, migration, cultural economics, and economic globalization. White is the author of four books, and he has published more than three dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements 6
Contents 7
List of Figures 9
List of Tables 11
Chapter 1 Multidimensional Poverty and Deprivation: An Introduction 14
References 19
Chapter 2 The Politics of Poverty Measurement and Social Policies: Global Observations 20
2.1 Introduction 20
2.2 Politics of Poverty Measurement 22
2.3 Hypotheses and Empirical Strategy 25
2.4 Poverty Lines in Practice Globally 28
2.5 Poverty Measurement and Outcomes in South Asia 34
2.6 Conclusion 39
Appendix: Country Listing and Data Coverage 40
References 41
Chapter 3 Efficiency and Distributive Justice in Multidimensional Poverty Issues 44
3.1 Introduction 44
3.2 Theoretical Background 47
3.3 The Aggregation Step 50
3.4 The Axiomatic Foundation for Ordinal Poverty Measures 51
3.4.1 Non-distributional Axioms 51
3.4.2 Distributional Axioms 52
3.5 Correlation-Sensitive Poverty Measures 55
3.5.1 The Multidimensional Bossert, Chakravarty and D’Ambrosio Class of Poverty Measures 57
3.5.2 The Multidimensional Chakravarty and D’Ambrosio Class of Poverty Measures 57
3.5.3 The Multidimensional Alkire and Foster Class of Poverty Measures 58
3.5.4 The Multidimensional Correlation–Sensitive Class of Poverty Measures 59
3.5.5 Poverty Decompositions 61
3.6 Poverty in India 62
3.7 Conclusion 73
Appendix 75
References 79
Chapter 4 An Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from Italy 81
4.1 Introduction 81
4.2 Data Description 83
4.3 Methodology 84
4.4 Results 89
4.5 Conclusion 95
References 96
Chapter 5 Economic Vulnerability in Spain: Before, During, and “After” Crisis 99
5.1 Introduction 99
5.2 Data and Methodology 102
5.2.1 Income 104
5.2.2 Material Deprivation 105
5.2.3 Economic Stress 106
5.3 Results 109
5.4 Who Were the Vulnerable? Vulnerability Profiles in 2004 113
5.5 Vulnerability Dynamics Through Economic Crisis 116
5.6 Concluding Remarks 121
References 123
Chapter 6 Material Deprivation, Health and Well-Being in Older Age: A Comparative Analysis of 14 European Countries 125
6.1 Background 125
6.2 Data, Methods and Analysis 129
6.3 The Association Between Material Deprivation and Health and Well-Being 134
6.4 Policy Actions and Decision-Making: Can We Reduce Material Deprivation Inequalities? 141
References 145
Chapter 7 Immigrant–Native Differences in Multidimensional Poverty After the Great Recession: A Comparison of Five European Countries 150
7.1 Introduction 150
7.2 Literature Review 152
7.3 Global Context 155
7.4 Data and Methodology 156
7.4.1 The Source of Data 156
7.4.2 Multidimensional Poverty Index 160
7.5 Empirical Results 170
7.5.1 Global Results for the EU-5 170
7.5.2 Country Differences 172
7.5.3 Age Breakdown 175
7.5.4 Dimensional Decomposition 180
7.6 Conclusions 184
References 187
Chapter 8 Multidimensional Poverty Among the Native- and Foreign-Born in the United States: Evidence from the 2010–2014 American Community Surveys 193
8.1 Introduction 193
8.2 The Literature on Multidimensional Poverty in the United States 195
8.3 Data, Methodology, and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement 200
8.3.1 Dimensions and Indicators 200
8.3.2 Weights, Thresholds, and MPI Measurement 202
8.3.3 The Scope and Scale of Multidimensional Poverty in the U.S. 202
8.4 Determinants of Multidimensional Poverty 206
8.4.1 Descriptive Statistics 214
8.4.2 Econometric Results 219
8.5 SummaryConclusions 228
References 231
Chapter 9 US Multidimensional Poverty by Race, Ethnicity and Motherhood: Evidence from Pennsylvania Census Data 233
9.1 Introduction 233
9.2 Literature 235
9.3 Methodology 238
9.3.1 Dimensions and Their Indicators 239
9.3.2 Quadruple Decomposition Model 241
9.4 Data Description 242
9.5 Analysis 243
9.5.1 Decomposition by Household Type Sub-groups Within Ethnic Sub-groups 243
9.5.2 Decomposition by Presence of Children Within Ethnic-Household Decomposition 244
9.5.3 Comparison Between the African–American, Hispanic, and White Female-Headed Households with Children 246
9.5.4 Robustness to Income Dimension 251
9.6 Conclusion 252
Appendix 1: Aggregate Level Decomposition 255
Appendix 2: Robustness Test 259
Appendix 3: Poverty Profiles: Income-Based and Multidimensional 261
References 263
Chapter 10 Assessing Multidimensional Deprivation Among the Elderly in the USA 265
10.1 Introduction 265
10.2 Data 267
10.2.1 Disabilities 268
10.2.2 Standard of Living 269
10.2.3 Education 269
10.2.4 Housing Burden 270
10.3 Methodology 270
10.3.1 Multidimensional Deprivation Indices 271
10.4 Estimates of Multidimensional Deprivation 272
10.4.1 Graphical Representation 273
10.5 Multidimensional Deprivation by Race 274
10.5.1 Dimension-Specific Deprivation by Race and Ethnicity 275
10.6 Conclusions 277
References 279
Index 281

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.9.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Global Perspectives on Wealth and Distribution
• Reihe/Serie: Global Perspectives on Wealth and Distribution
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 272 p. 28 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index • country-specific measures • Developing Countries • development aid • distributive justice • Financial Crises • Financial Crisis • Fixed effects • GDP • Gross Domestic Product • Immigration • Multidimensional Poverty Index • Multiple Correspondence Analysis • national poverty line • poverty index • poverty measurement • Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe • well-being
• ISBN-13: 9783319583686 / 9783319583686