Basic Needs (in)Security and Subjective Equivalence Scales
AbstractEquivalence scales are policy parameters for inequality measurement, tax deductions and subsidies. Thus, their accuracy is relevant both for budgets and social cohesion; however, their measurement is subject to debate regarding the underlying measure of welfare. Self-assessed insecurities in terms of clothing, housing and food —or basic needs—imply that at least some households are at lower levels of welfare than those that are meeting their needs. We use this to determine the increase in total expenditure required to meet their needs, on average, and thus we are able to calculate the implied equivalence scales...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Impact of Equity in Social Protection Spending on Income Poverty and Inequality
This study aims to investigate whether higher equity in government social protection spending strongly predicts positive changes in income poverty and inequality. Our approach was to regress the measures of absolute poverty and inequality on the indicators of equity in social protection spending at the country level, controlling for the level of spending and the country wealth measured by per capita GDP. For that purpose, we have compiled a dataset of 535 observations from 101 countries over years 1998 –2017, including 199 observations for 70 low- and middle-income countries from Europe, Asia, North and South America, an...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Multi-period Analysis and Household Registration Differences of Multidimensional Poverty Among Migrant Workers
AbstractThis paper aims to explore the multidimensional poverty of the migrant workers. This paper also analyzed the migrant worker's household registration differences and multi-period analysis of the migrant workers. China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), a household and social tracking survey data conducted by the Institute of Social Science Survey, was used in this article. Income, health, education, social security, living standards, and urban intergration were considered Multidimensional Poverty. This paper combines the A-F multidimensional poverty method and Foster's duration analysis method to construct a long-term mul...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Multidimensional Poverty: CMPI Development, Spatial Analysis and Clustering
This study concluded that multidimensional poverty in the considered state is widespread and severe, requiring prompt government action. In comparison to other methods, this one is proven to be more robust, all-encompassing, and indicator-neu tral. (Source: Social Indicators Research)
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Inequalities in Health: Definitions, Concepts and Measurements —An Application in the Regional Health Authority in Italy
AbstractPolicymakers, researchers, and public health practitioners have long sought not only to improve overall population health but also to reduce or eliminate differences in health based on geography, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other social factors. Italian healthcare authorities and health policy makers are called to help to both solve existing inequities in accessing healthcare and remove barriers to healthcare. In this context, COVID-19 has highlighted the aspect of inequalities. Our paper proposes an overview of different methods of measuring health inequalities and their applications, both in regiona...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Relative Poverty Scale Measurement and Trend Analysis Between Provinces in China
AbstractAfter eradicating absolute poverty under the current rural poverty standard (living standard of 2300 RMB per person per year at 2010 constant prices) in 2020, China will enter the post-poverty era, in which the focus of anti-poverty in China will shift to narrowing the gap and pursuing fairness and shared prosperity in relative poverty. Identifying and measuring the scale of the relative poverty group is an essential prerequisite for effective relative poverty management. Based on the reality of China ’s extensive territory and unbalanced and uncoordinated regional development, this article calculates the relativ...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Inequalities in Health: Definitions, Concepts and Measurements —An Application in the Regional Health Authority in Italy
AbstractPolicymakers, researchers, and public health practitioners have long sought not only to improve overall population health but also to reduce or eliminate differences in health based on geography, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and other social factors. Italian healthcare authorities and health policy makers are called to help to both solve existing inequities in accessing healthcare and remove barriers to healthcare. In this context, COVID-19 has highlighted the aspect of inequalities. Our paper proposes an overview of different methods of measuring health inequalities and their applications, both in regiona...
Source: Social Indicators Research - August 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
An Integrated Approach to the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Social Cohesion
AbstractThe core sociological subject of ‘social cohesion’ (hereafter SC) has re-emerged as a key concept in the social sciences. On the one hand, SC is thought to be influenced by a society’s degree of inequalities and the quality of its welfare state. On the other hand, SC is thought to be instrumental in its own right to other fac tors such as economic growth, institutional quality, and individual well-being. In recent years, a few attempts have been made to measure SC empirically. Many current indices have not been sufficiently theoretically substantiated, and do not consider the importance of different ‘social...
Source: Social Indicators Research - July 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Absolutely Relative: How Education Shapes Voter Turnout in the United States
AbstractWhy has voter turnout in the United States not increased proportionally with educational attainment over time? Relative education theories have attempted to answer this question by highlighting how the value of individuals ’ education may be influenced by the educational levels achieved by others. For instance, individuals may attain a higher level of education compared to previous generations, but the relative value of their education may not improve if society as a whole also achieves higher levels of education . Thus, this increased educational attainment may have little influence on voter turnout. Using a ...
Source: Social Indicators Research - July 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Working Poverty in T ürkiye: A Dynamic Panel Analysis
AbstractEmployment is a key instrument to tackle poverty. However, working poverty continues to be a major issue and has caught significant attention especially in developed countries. This issue is of primary relevance also for middle-income developing countries such as T ürkiye, but it has not yet been sufficiently investigated. This paper examines working poverty in Türkiye based on a dynamic analysis framework, using the 2007–2017 panel waves of the Survey of Income and Living Conditions. Specifically, it estimates the determinants of working poverty while con trolling for state dependence and unobservable heteroge...
Source: Social Indicators Research - July 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Effects of the COVID-19-induced Lockdown on the Social Capital and Cultural Capital in Italy
AbstractThe present study investigated the effects of the first COVID-19 lockdown on the Cultural and Social Capitals in Italy in a large group of adults (n = 1125). The relationships between the COVID-19 spread and participants’ Cultural Capital, Social Capital, educational level, occupational prestige, and age were studied using structural equation models. For women but not for men, pandemic spread was positively affected by occupational presti ge and it had a positive relationship with their Social Capital (women: CFI = 0.949; RMSEA = 0.059 [CI = 0.045-0.075]; men: CFI = 0.959; RMSEA = 0.064 [C...
Source: Social Indicators Research - July 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Exploring the Gender Gap in Teleworking from Home. The Roles of Worker ’s Characteristics, Occupational Positions and Gender Equality in Europe
AbstractPrevious research suggests an under-representation of women among teleworkers before the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we know little about whether such a gender gap was substantial, and whether it could be explained by occupational gender segregation. We explore whether a gender gap in regularly teleworking existed in the EU-28 and analyse its possible constituents, drawing on data from the European Working Conditions Survey 2015. To form a group of potential teleworkers, the analytical sample was restricted to employees who made use of information and communication technology (N ≈ 16,000). Country fixed effe...
Source: Social Indicators Research - July 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
