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Using non‐monetary deprivation indicators to analyze poverty and social exclusion: Lessons from Europe?
Author(s) -
Nolan Brian,
Whelan Christopher T.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/pam.20493
Subject(s) - poverty , social exclusion , framing (construction) , social deprivation , economics , public economics , identification (biology) , socioeconomic status , development economics , economic growth , sociology , geography , botany , archaeology , biology , population , demography
Non‐monetary indicators of deprivation are now widely used in studying poverty in Europe. While measuring financial resources remains central, having reliable information about material deprivation adds to the ability to capture poverty and social exclusion. Non‐monetary indicators can help improve the identification of those experiencing poverty and understand how it comes about. They are most productively used when multidimensionality is explicitly taken into account, both in framing the question and in empirical application. While serious methodological and measurement issues remain to be addressed, material deprivation indicators allow for new insights in making poverty comparisons across countries and analyzing changes over time. © 2010 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.