A sensitivity analysis of poverty definitions

Nicholas tibor Longford; Catia Nicodemo

A sensitivity analysis of poverty definitions

Nicholas tibor Longford, Catia Nicodemo

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Abstract

We conduct a sensitivity analysis of several estimators related to household income, to explore how some details of the definitions of the variables concerned influence the values of the common estimates, such as the mean, median and (poverty) rates. The purpose of this study is to highlight that some of the operational definitions entail an element of arbitrariness which leaves an undesirable stamp on the inferences made. The analyses use both a cross-sectional and a longitudinal (panel) component of the EU-SILC database.

Original language	English
Publisher	CEPS/INSTEAD
Number of pages	47
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	IRISS Working Papers
Publisher	CEPS/INSTEAD
No.	2009-15

Keywords

EU-SILC database
poverty rate
sampling weights

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