Poverty in Europe and the USA: Exchanging Official Measurement Methods

Poverty in Canada and the USA: Measurement, Trends and Implications

This paper begins by asking how poverty in affluent countries should be measured, before examining recent evidence on poverty intensity and its social significance. Section 1 advocates use of the Sen-Shorrocks-Thon index of poverty intensity and introduces the " Poverty Box " as a summary graphical representation. Recently, poverty intensity has increased in Canada while falling in the US. Alth...

Poverty Measurement Methods— An Overview

In this paper two aspects of poverty measurement are reviewed. First, some conceptual issues regarding the definition of poverty and its different dimensions are explored. Second, based on this discussion, a three-way classification of poverty measurement methodologies is introduced: income poverty line (a unidimensional, indirect approach); unsatisfied basic needs (a multidimensional, direct a...

data mining rules and classification methods in insurance: the case of collision insurance

assigning premium to the insurance contract in iran mostly has based on some old rules have been authorized by government, in such a situation predicting premium by analyzing database and it’s characteristics will be definitely such a big mistake. therefore the most beneficial information one can gathered from these data is the amount of loss happens during one contract to predicting insurance ...

Identifying the Disadvantaged: Official Poverty, Consumption Poverty, and the New Supplemental Poverty Measure

F ew economic indicators are more closely watched or more important for policy than the official poverty rate. It is used to gauge the extent of deprivation in the United States and to determine how economic well-being has changed over time. The poverty rate is often cited by policymakers, researchers, and advocates who are evaluating social programs that account for more than half a trillion d...

Measurement of Poverty and Poverty of Measurement