MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 04012cam a2200289 a 4500
001 2001093301
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008 010703s2001 enka b 000 0 eng d
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050 00 $aHC79.P6$bB63 2001
082 00 $a362.5/2$221
100 1 $aBosch, Karel van den.
245 10 $aIdentifying the poor :$busing subjective and consensual measures /$cKarel van den Bosch.
260 $aAldershot, Hampshire, England ;$bBurlington, VT :$bAshgate,$cc2001.
300 $axviii, 445 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 417-445).
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1 Defining and MeasuringPoverty -- What is poverty? -- Poverty measures currently used in empirical research -- Conclusion X -- 2 Consensual Income Methods -- Introduction and overview -- The relativity of the consensual income threshold -- Variation in the consensual income amounts -- Income equivalence -- The meaning of "getting along" -- Some results for Belgium -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix 2.1 A re-analysis of consensual income amounts -- time series -- 3 The Consensual Standard of Living Approach -- Introduction and a cross-country comparison -- Factors influencing people's perception of necessities in -- Britain and Belgium -- Perceptions of necessity of different items: are they related? -- Factors influencing the total number of necessities -- Stability in time of perceptions of necessity in Belgium -- Summary and conclusions -- i it -- 4 Income Evaluation Methods: A Review -- Introduction -- The SPL and LPL methods -- Main results: a review -- The effects of other variables: a review -- - ---R--eference group-effects- -- The income concept in the mind of the respondent -- 5 Income Evaluation Methods: Empirical Results for Belgium -- Introduction -- Quality, reliability and construct validity of the answers to the -- IEQ and the MIQ -- Empirical determinants of income evaluations -- Equivalence scales, income thresholds and low-income rates -- Appendix 5.1 Details on sample design and calculation of -- standard errors -- 6 Interpretation, Validity and Usefulness of the Income -- Evaluation Method -- Introduction -- Is the IEQ a cardinal measure of welfare? -- Interpersonal comparability of the answers to the income -- evaluation questions -- Income evaluations as indicators of a social consensus -- Income evaluations as indirect measures of welfare -- Reliability and validity of the answers to the MIQ and IEQ -- Validity of the equivalence scales produced by the income -- evaluation approach: why are they so flat? -- Validity and usefulness of the SPL and LPL income -- thresholds -- Conclusion: interpretation, validity and usefulness of the -- income evaluation approach -- 7 The Income Satisfaction Method -- Introduction -- Derivation of equivalence scales and poverty thresholds -- Overview of other studies -- Specification of the relationship between household income -- and income satisfaction -- Quality, reliability and validity of income satisfaction -- measures -- A probit model of income satisfaction -- Equivalence scales and income thresholds --Tne-'-rosy-outlook' e-ffect- -- Random measurement error in household income -- Income satisfaction and reference income -- Satisfaction from income and the evaluation of income: -- different concepts? -- Summary and conclusion -- 8 Summary and Conclusions -- Introduction -- The definition and measurement of poverty -- The consensual income method -- The consensual standard-of-living approach -- The income evaluation approach -- The income satisfaction method -- Concluding remarks -- Bibliography.
650 0 $aPoor$xIdentification.
650 0 $aPoverty$xResearch$xEvaluation.
650 0 $aCost and standard of living.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001093301.html