The sensitivity of poverty rates to macro-level changes in the European Union

被引：14

作者：

Immervoll, H

Levy, H

Lietz, C

Mantovani, D

Sutherland, H

机构：

[1] Univ Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, England

[2] European Ctr Social Welf Policy & Res, Vienna, Austria

[3] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

[4] DIW, Berlin, Germany

来源：

CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS | 2006年 / 30卷 / 02期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

European Union; microsimulation; social indicators;

D O I：

10.1093/cje/bei054

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The authors use the European Union-wide tax-benefit model, EUROMOD, to establish baseline rates of relative poverty in 1998 for each of the Member States and then explore their sensitivity to (a) an increase in unemployment, (b) real income growth and (c) an increase in earnings inequality. They find that poverty rates are sensitive to such 'macro-level' changes but that the size-and in some cases the direction-of the effect varies across countries. If such indicators are to be used in judging the effectiveness of social policies, it is important that differences in responsiveness are fully understood.

引用

页码：181 / 199

页数：19