Autori
Raitano, Michele
Palombi, Massimo
Gallo, Giovanni
Zoppoli, Pietro
Battles, Susan
Romano, Eleonora
Passeri, Simone
Aprea, Massimo

Titolo
Measuring poverty in Italy: how the AD-HBS dataset can offer new insights
Periodico
Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze. Dipartimento del Tesoro. Working paper
Anno: 2023 - Fascicolo: 5 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 31

The main goal of this paper is to discuss the merits of the AD-HBS, a novel dataset developed within a joint research project between Directorate I of the Treasury Department and the Department of Economics and Law of Sapienza University of Rome, in relation to poverty measurement, which is central to the Economic well-being domain of the EWS indicators incorporated in the Italian policy making process. The first part of the paper thus discusses some general issues concerning this crucial aspect of economic analysis: relevant poverty concepts, methodological aspects concerning the definition of poverty thresholds, poverty indicators used in the Italian context. The second part of the paper turns to presenting the AD-HBS dataset with specific attention to the various methodological assumptions adopted. In particular a detailed review of the rich information contained on different aspect of socioeconomic well-being is provided. Finally, the paper points out how the AD-HBS dataset is a precious tool to deepen the understanding of poverty in Italy: among other possible uses, the paper focuses on the joint exploration of multiple aspects of well-being – namely income and consumption expenditure – with a great level of detail. Two examples highlight the importance of jointly considering these two dimensions of well-being: on the one hand, in Italy in 2019, roughly 20% of the households in absolute poverty had an equivalent disposable income above the median; on the other hand, over 20% of households which were not in absolute poverty, lived on very low equivalent disposable incomes (below the absolute poverty threshold, with measurement error in income likely playing a role).



SICI: 1972-411X(2023)5<1:MPIIHT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
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