Monetary poverty, material deprivation and consistent poverty in Portugal

In this paper we use the Portuguese component of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions {EU-SILC) to develop a measure of consistent poverty in Portugal. It is widely agreed that being poor does not simply mean not having enough monetary resources. It also reflects a lack of a...

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Autor principal: Rodrigues, Carlos Farinha (author)
Outros Autores: Andrade, Isabel (author)
Formato: workingPaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2016
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/12055
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/12055
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Resumo:In this paper we use the Portuguese component of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions {EU-SILC) to develop a measure of consistent poverty in Portugal. It is widely agreed that being poor does not simply mean not having enough monetary resources. It also reflects a lack of access to the resources required to enjoy a minimum standard of living and participation in the society one belor]gs to. The coexistence of material deprivation and monetary poverty leads to the con'cept of consistent poverty. The assessment of material deprivation and the identification of the households and individuals living in consistent poverty could become essential parts of the national anti-poverty strategy and crucial instruments in the definition of the target groups in social policy.