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Measuring poverty using both income and wealth: A cross-country comparison between the U.S. and Spain
We study the correspondence between a householdís income and its vulnerability to income shocks in two developed countries: the U.S. and Spain. Vulnerability is measured by the availability of wealth to smooth consumption in a multidimensional approach to poverty, which allows us to identify three g...
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| description | We study the correspondence between a householdís income and its vulnerability to income shocks in two developed countries: the U.S. and Spain. Vulnerability is measured by the availability of wealth to smooth consumption in a multidimensional approach to poverty, which allows us to identify three groups of households: the twice-poor group which includes income-poor households who lack of an adequate stock of wealth; the group of protected-poor households, which are all those incomepoor families with a bu§er stock of wealth they can rely on; lastly, the vulnerablenon-poor group, including households above the income-poverty line that do not hold any stock of wealth. Interestingly, the risk of belonging to these groups changes over the life-cycle in both countries while the size of the groups di§ers signiÖcantly between Spain and the U.S., although this result is quite sensitive to whether the housing wealth component is included in the wealth measure or not. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94716952012-01-01T00:00:00Z Measuring poverty using both income and wealth: A cross-country comparison between the U.S. and Spain Fran Azpitarte (5445674) Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Income poverty Wealth Vulnerability Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified We study the correspondence between a householdís income and its vulnerability to income shocks in two developed countries: the U.S. and Spain. Vulnerability is measured by the availability of wealth to smooth consumption in a multidimensional approach to poverty, which allows us to identify three groups of households: the twice-poor group which includes income-poor households who lack of an adequate stock of wealth; the group of protected-poor households, which are all those incomepoor families with a bu§er stock of wealth they can rely on; lastly, the vulnerablenon-poor group, including households above the income-poverty line that do not hold any stock of wealth. Interestingly, the risk of belonging to these groups changes over the life-cycle in both countries while the size of the groups di§ers signiÖcantly between Spain and the U.S., although this result is quite sensitive to whether the housing wealth component is included in the wealth measure or not. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/36507 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Measuring_poverty_using_both_income_and_wealth_A_cross-country_comparison_between_the_U_S_and_Spain/9471695 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Income poverty Wealth Vulnerability Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified Fran Azpitarte Measuring poverty using both income and wealth: A cross-country comparison between the U.S. and Spain |
| title | Measuring poverty using both income and wealth: A cross-country comparison between the U.S. and Spain |
| title_full | Measuring poverty using both income and wealth: A cross-country comparison between the U.S. and Spain |
| title_fullStr | Measuring poverty using both income and wealth: A cross-country comparison between the U.S. and Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring poverty using both income and wealth: A cross-country comparison between the U.S. and Spain |
| title_short | Measuring poverty using both income and wealth: A cross-country comparison between the U.S. and Spain |
| title_sort | measuring poverty using both income and wealth: a cross-country comparison between the u.s. and spain |
| topic | Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Income poverty Wealth Vulnerability Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/36507 |