TY - CHAP
T1 - Monitoring the evolution of income poverty and real incomes over time.
AU - Atkinson, Anthony barnes
AU - Guio, Anne-catherine
AU - Marlier, Eric
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - For many years, there has been a sharp separation between, on the one hand, the macroeconomic evaluation of economic policy and, on the other hand, the analysis of the impact of policy on the living standards of households. On one side are the national accounts, where performance is judged by eagerly watched figures for Gross Domestic Product(GDP). Recovery in the short?term and growth in the medium-term have been assessed in these aggregate terms. In the EU, these are the matters on which the European Commission's 'Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs' and the EU 'Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)' Council have focused. On the other side are the ? more slowly arriving ? statistics on households' living conditions, now represented by the EU-SILC instrument.
These form the basis for the EU social indicators and for judging success in terms of social inclusion across EU countries. These are the matters on which the European Commission's 'Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion' and the EU 'Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO)' Council have focused (...)
AB - For many years, there has been a sharp separation between, on the one hand, the macroeconomic evaluation of economic policy and, on the other hand, the analysis of the impact of policy on the living standards of households. On one side are the national accounts, where performance is judged by eagerly watched figures for Gross Domestic Product(GDP). Recovery in the short?term and growth in the medium-term have been assessed in these aggregate terms. In the EU, these are the matters on which the European Commission's 'Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs' and the EU 'Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)' Council have focused. On the other side are the ? more slowly arriving ? statistics on households' living conditions, now represented by the EU-SILC instrument.
These form the basis for the EU social indicators and for judging success in terms of social inclusion across EU countries. These are the matters on which the European Commission's 'Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion' and the EU 'Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO)' Council have focused (...)
KW - EU-SILC
KW - households
KW - income poverty
KW - social indicators
UR - http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/8031566/KS-05-14-075-EN-N.pdf/c3a33007-6cf2-4d86-9b9e-d39fd3e5420c
U2 - 10 2785/60152
DO - 10 2785/60152
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-92-79-43623-9
SP - 65
EP - 88
BT - Monitoring social inclusion in Europe
PB - Office of the European Union
CY - Luxembourg
ER -