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GINI DP 36: Material deprivation, economic stress and reference groups in Europe: An analysis of EU-SILC 2009

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  • Christopher Whelan

    (Newman Building, School of Sociology)

  • Bertrand Maitre

    (The Economic and Social Research Institute)

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In this paper we take advantage of the recent availability of data from the special module on material deprivation in the 2009 European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between material deprivation and economic stress. In particular, we focus on the moderating role played by cross-national differences in levels of income and income inequality such that the consequences of material deprivation for subjective economic stress are conditional on the value of macro-economic attributes. In an analysis focused on households clustered within countries, these questions can be most appropriately addressed by a multilevel analysis that allows us to explore the manner in which material deprivation measured at the household level interacts with national attributes in infl uencing household levels of economic stress. Evidence for such moderation is provided by a signifi cant statistical interaction between deprivation and country attributes. In this paper we undertake such an analysis and consider the implications of our findings for competing perspectives on the nature of reference groups in Europe.

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  • Christopher Whelan & Bertrand Maitre, 2012. "GINI DP 36: Material deprivation, economic stress and reference groups in Europe: An analysis of EU-SILC 2009," GINI Discussion Papers 36, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies.
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    1. Wilkinson, Richard G & Pickett, Kate E., 2006. "Income inequality and population health: A review and explanation of the evidence," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(7), pages 1768-1784, April.
    2. Christopher T. Whelan & Bertrand Maître, 2012. "Understanding Material Deprivation in Europe: A Multilevel Analysis," Working Papers 201205, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
    3. Christopher T. Whelan, 2007. "Understanding the Implications of Choice of Deprivation Index for Measuring Consistent Poverty in Ireland," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 38(2), pages 211-234.
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