Income distribution and poverty in Portugal [1994/95] : A Comparison between the European Community Household Panel and the Household Budget Survey

The aim of this study is to give a broad picture of the income distribution and the level of inequality and poverty in Portugal as revealed by the two most recent family surveys produced by the Portuguese Statistical Office: the European Community Household Panel and the Household Budget Survey. The...

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Autor principal: Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha (author)
Formato: workingPaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2010
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2760
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/2760
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Resumo:The aim of this study is to give a broad picture of the income distribution and the level of inequality and poverty in Portugal as revealed by the two most recent family surveys produced by the Portuguese Statistical Office: the European Community Household Panel and the Household Budget Survey. The results obtained consistently point to a very unequal distribution of income, with high levels of inequality associated with high poverty rates. These main findings are not influenced by the choice of survey, revealing a high degree of consistency between the two sources.