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Survey-Based Approach to Absolute Poverty Measurement

In: Measuring and Monitoring Absolute Poverty in the European Union

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  • Balint Menyhert

    (Joint Research Centre)

  • Zsombor Cseres-Gergely

    (Joint Research Centre)

  • Virmantas Kvedaras

    (Joint Research Centre)

  • Benedetta Mina

    (Joint Research Centre)

  • Filippo Pericoli

    (Joint Research Centre)

  • Slavica Zec

    (Joint Research Centre)

Abstract

This chapter presents a novel approach to absolute poverty measurement whereby survey information on households’ self-reported living conditions is used to calculate expenditure-based poverty thresholds. This so-called survey-based approach mixes subjective and objective considerations on minimum needs and represents an intermediate solution to ABSPO measurement between the piecemeal reference budget-based and statistical food-based approaches. The approach yields reliable minimum expenditure thresholds across four non-food expenditure categories (housing, transportation, health, residual expenditures) as modular inputs to calculating poverty thresholds, while also addressing a number of thematic areas and topical concerns facing European social policy today.

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  • Balint Menyhert & Zsombor Cseres-Gergely & Virmantas Kvedaras & Benedetta Mina & Filippo Pericoli & Slavica Zec, 2025. "Survey-Based Approach to Absolute Poverty Measurement," Springer Books, in: Measuring and Monitoring Absolute Poverty in the European Union, chapter 0, pages 123-180, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-63953-1_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-63953-1_5
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