This paper begins by asking how poverty in affluent countries should be measured, before examining recent evidence on poverty intensity and its social significance. Section 1 advocates use of the Sen-Shorrocks-Thon index of poverty intensity and introduces the " Poverty Box " as a summary graphical representation. Recently, poverty intensity has increased in Canada while falling in the US. Alth...

The conventional view of poverty in the European Union countries is based on a relative measure, which defines all those with incomes below 60 percent of the median as poor. In the U.S., poverty is defined according to an absolute measure—the federal poverty line computed by the Census Bureau—which was $21,200 for a family of four in 2008 (somewhat higher in Alaska and Hawaii). In tallying up n...

System defects and policy-related exclusion in the development and utilization of energy resources bring the problem of rich poverty to energy and chemical industry base in Northern Shaanxi. The long existence of the rich poverty problem of energy and chemical industry base in Northern Shaanxi forms deep-seated constraints to the sustainable development of energy economy in Northern Shaanxi and...

Social mix policies have become controversial. Claims about the harms caused by neighbourhood effects have been challenged while counter-claims have been made about the potential benefits for low-income households from living in poor communities. This paper examines two aspects of this debate: whether deprived communities provide greater access to social networks and hence resources in the form...

Multidimensional measurements have become the preferred means to determine levels of poverty in research and policy practice because unidimensional cannot capture full picture poverty. This study combines income, deprivation, social exclusion measures proposes a comprehensive measurement within multidimensional framework. Using data from representative survey Hong Kong, we applied an affluent A...

There is exclusion on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, or ethnicity in many nations under diverse social, economic, and political systems. Such exclusion is a problem in several countries in Asia. And although many Asian countries— such as China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the Philippines—have developed equal opportunity policies to overcome economic di...

AIM To analyze the main indicators of income inequality, objective and subjective poverty, material deprivation, and the role of public social transfers in the reduction of poverty in 15 old and 10 new member states of the European Union (EU), undergoing post-communist socio-economic transition, as well as in Croatia, a candidate EU country. METHOD Objective poverty rates, poverty reduction r...