Nowcasting Indicators of Poverty Risk in the European Union: A Microsimulation Approach

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 101-119

  Navicke, Jekaterina ^a   Rastrigina, Olga ^a   Sutherland, Holly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EUROMOD; European Union; Income; Microsimulation; Nowcast; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886412797     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0491-8     Document Type: Article

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