Abstract
Using real-time data from the University of Luxembourg’s COME-HERE nationally representative panel survey, covering more than 8,000 individuals across France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden, the author investigates how income distributions and poverty rates have changed from January to September 2020. The author finds that poverty rates increased on average in all countries from January to May and partially recovered in September. The increase in poverty is heterogeneous across countries, with Italy being the most affected and France the least; within countries, COVID-19 contributed to exacerbating poverty differences across regions in Italy and Spain. With a set of poverty measures from the Foster–Greer–Thorbecke family, the author then explores the role of individual characteristics in shaping different poverty profiles across countries. Results suggest that poverty increased disproportionately more for young individuals, women, and respondents who had a job in January 2020 – with different intensities across countries.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 209-247 |
Number of pages | 39 |
Journal | Research on Economic Inequality |
Volume | 29 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Dec 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:I would like to thank Conchita D’Ambrosio and Anthony Lepinteur for their useful comments. Financial support from the André Losch Fondation, Art2Cure, Cargolux, and Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg (Grants 14840950 – COME‐HERE, and 10949242) is gratefully acknowledged.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by Emerald Publishing Limited.
Keywords
- COME‐HERE
- COVID‐19
- Europe
- Headcount ratio
- Poverty
- TIP