Multidimensional approaches to poverty measurement: An empirical analysis of poverty in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, based on the European panel

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 951-961

  D'Ambrosio, Conchita ^a   Deutsch, Joseph ^b   Silber, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; POVERTY DETERMINANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

BELGIUM; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; SPAIN;

EID: 79953267344     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840802600129     Document Type: Article

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