CHECKING THE CONSISTENCY OF POVERTY IN POLAND 1997 2003检查波兰贫困的一致性2003 1997.ppt

CHECKING THE CONSISTENCY OF POVERTY IN POLAND:1997 - 2003 EVIDENCE by Adam Szulc Warsaw School of Economics, Poland Abstract This study investigates relationships between various types of poverty in Poland. Monetary poverty is examined together with a subjective one and with a deprivation, conceived as a lack of particular resources. The results reveal quite important discrepancies between those three types of poverty. Though income and expenditure poverty incidence generally decreased over investigated period, the rate of persons living in subjective poverty was higher in 2003 than in 1997, while deprivation substantially decreased. Moreover, quite large discrepancies at the individual levels could be observed. Some conflicting results were found between correlates of poverty of three aforementioned types as well. DIMESIONS OF POVERTY EXAMINED: current monetary (monthly income and expenditures) material resources (assets and durables) subjective income evaluations THE DATA SOURCE: Household Budget Survey FORMAL APPROACH TO MULTIDIMENSIONALITY OF POVERTY (OR SOLVING THE AGGREAGATION PROBLEM): generally NONE ANALYSES PERFORMED 1997 – 2003: Time series on monetary poverty (absolute and relative) 1997, 2000 and 2003: Deprivation (lack of particular resources) and subjective poverty: among the monetary poor and in the whole sample Asset, subjective and expenditure prosperity: among the monetary poor and in the whole sample Overlapping (“core”) poverty rates Correlates of three dimensions of poverty Correlates of inconsistent poverty CONFLICTING RESULTS IN POVERTY CORRELATES 1. NATIONAL INDEX DECOMPOSITION vs. PROBIT REGRESSION For household of farmers and farmer-employees, and single-parent households: poverty incidence above national rates and negative or non-significant estimates of risk of poverty. For household of pensioners: poverty incidence below national rates and positive, significant estimates of risk of po