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Who Is Poor in Our Society?

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Capéau, Bart [KULeuven] Cherchye, Laurens [KULeuven] Decancq, Koen [University of Antwerp] Decoster, André [KULeuven] Rock, Bram De [Université Libre de Bruxelles] Maniquet, François [UCL] Vermeulen, Frederic [KULeuven]

Many people believe that everyone in society should be able to achieve a minimum level of material welfare. People whose material welfare is below this minimum level are regarded as poor. Two standard measures are used to measure poverty in our society: the risk of poverty and material deprivation.

Document type Contribution à ouvrage collectif (Book Chapter) – Autre
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2020
Language Anglais
Host document Bart Capéau, Laurens Cherchye, Koen Decancq e.a. ; "Well-being in Belgium : Beyond Happiness and Income"- p. 27-32
Collection Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being (ISSN : 2364-107X)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Springer
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/LIDAM - Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling in economics and statistics
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Bibliographic reference Capéau, Bart ; Cherchye, Laurens ; Decancq, Koen ; Decoster, André ; Rock, Bram De ; et. al. Who Is Poor in Our Society?. In: Bart Capéau, Laurens Cherchye, Koen Decancq e.a., Well-being in Belgium : Beyond Happiness and Income, Springer  2020, p. 27-32
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/251514