TY - CHAP
T1 - 15. Regional poverty within the rich countries
AU - Jesuit, David
AU - Rainwater, Lee
AU - Smeeding, Timothy
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Using regional incomes as the reference group, disposable income poverty rates are computed for the two most recent waves of Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data available for the following countries: Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, we aggregate the regions of the five western European countries we examine so that we can better assess the effectiveness of Europe's efforts to reduce the economic gaps between regions. We find that the countries we examine have patterns of regional poverty that help us better understand the national aggregate measures, and we are able identify areas where antipoverty efforts should be made a priority.
AB - Using regional incomes as the reference group, disposable income poverty rates are computed for the two most recent waves of Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) data available for the following countries: Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, we aggregate the regions of the five western European countries we examine so that we can better assess the effectiveness of Europe's efforts to reduce the economic gaps between regions. We find that the countries we examine have patterns of regional poverty that help us better understand the national aggregate measures, and we are able identify areas where antipoverty efforts should be made a priority.
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M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:36148975706
SN - 0762310146
SN - 9780762310142
T3 - Research on Economic Inequality
SP - 345
EP - 377
BT - Inequality, Welfare and Poverty
PB - JAI Press
ER -