Autore
D'Alessio, Giovanni

Titolo
A comparative evaluation of poverty measures in the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth
Periodico
Politica economica
Anno: 2020 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 101 - Pagina finale: 140

I provide a comparative study of the most frequently used poverty indices,obtained by modifying the welfare indicator (income, consumption, income and/or wealth),the equivalence scale (OECD or square root of the number of components), local deflatorsand the statistic for the poverty threshold (average or median). I also examine the EquivalentEconomic Situation Index (ISEE is the Italian acronym), an administrative indicator used toaccess social benefits that combines income and assets and has a specific equivalence scale.Using data from the Bank of Italy’s surveys of household income and wealth (SHIW) I firststudy how the incidence of poverty varies according to different combinations of welfare indicators,equivalence scales and poverty thresholds; subsequently I investigate how the differentvariants are associated with an indicator of perceived bad economic conditions. The investigationyields a wide variety of results as for the poverty rate and the composition of the poor.The highest association with the perceived poor economic conditions is found for indicatorscombining income and wealth; the association with consumption is rather weak.



SICI: 1120-9496(2020)1<101:ACEOPM>2.0.ZU;2-R
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