Deprivation and Social Exclusion

Social exclusion manifests itself in the persistent relative lack of an individual's access to functionings compared with other members of society, and we model it as being in a state of deprivation over time. We view deprivation as having two basic determinants: the lack of identification with...

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Published in:Economica (London) 2007-11, Vol.74 (296), p.777-803
Main Authors: BOSSERT, WALTER, D'AMBROSIO, CONCHITA, PERAGINE, VITO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alienation
Arithmetic mean
Axioms
Economic indices
Economic models
Economic theory
Europe
European Union
Income distribution
Income inequality
Mathematical theorems
Poverty
Respect
Social economics
Social exclusion
Society
Standard of living
Studies
Welfare economics
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Summary:Social exclusion manifests itself in the persistent relative lack of an individual's access to functionings compared with other members of society, and we model it as being in a state of deprivation over time. We view deprivation as having two basic determinants: the lack of identification with other members of society, and the aggregate alienation experienced by an agent with respect to those having fewer functioning failures. Using an axiomatic approach, we characterize new individual and aggregate measures of deprivation and social exclusion. The aggregate measures are then applied to EU data for the period 1994-2001.
ISSN:0013-0427
1468-0335
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0335.2006.00572.x