Multiple deprivation, income and poverty in Italy: an analysis based on European Community Household Panel

The aim of this article is to examine both the diffusion and intensity of poverty in Italy by utilising two kinds of approach. The first is the usual one, which employs a threshold defined in terms of income in order to identify the poor families. The second, referring to the definition of functioni...

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Main Authors: Sergio Brasini, Giorgio Tassinari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2007-10-01
Series:Statistica
Online Access:http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/65