Economic Downturn and the Improvement of Monetary Poverty and Social Exclusion Statistics System
Author(s) -
Edmunds Vaskis,
Zaiga Priede
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
lithuanian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2029-7262
DOI - 10.15388/ljs.2011.13937
Subject(s) - poverty , economic statistics , recession , official statistics , economics , social exclusion , social statistics , statistics , development economics , economic growth , econometrics , macroeconomics , mathematics
The economic crisis has also challenged statistics. This article deals with the consequences of the economiccrisis for social statistics, and particularly monetary poverty indicators, which in this situation have shown certain signs ofweakness. The authors will discuss possible alternatives for the calculation of these indicators, as well as present theexperience of Statistics Latvia when reacting to the challenges raised by the economic crisis in the field of social statistics.
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