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9781588680501

Poverty, Income and Welfare in Ireland

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    9781588680501

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    1588680509

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  • Copyright: 2001-01-01
  • Publisher: Intl Academic Pub
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements iv
General Summary xiii
1 The Analysis of Poverty 1(9)
1.1 Introduction
1(2)
1.2 The Meaning of Poverty
3(2)
1.3 Content and Structure of the Paper
5(3)
1.4 The Study in Context
8(2)
2 The Conceptualisation and Measurement of Poverty 10(19)
2.1 Introduction
10(1)
2.2 The Meaning and Measurement of Poverty
10(3)
2.3 The "Official Poverty Line" Approach
13(2)
2.4 The Budget Standard Approach
15(3)
2.5 Relative Poverty Lines
18(2)
2.6 Consensual Income Poverty Lines
20(1)
2.7 Deprivation Indicators
21(2)
2.8 Other Measurement Issues
23(4)
2.9 Conclusions
27(2)
3 Previous Research on the Extent of Poverty and Composition of the Poor in Ireland 29(12)
3.1 Introduction
29(1)
3.2 Recent Research on Poverty in Ireland
29(4)
3.3 The Poverty Lines Used in Previous Studies
33(4)
3.4 Equivalence Scales Used
37(1)
3.5 Income Recipient Unit, Income Concept and Time Period Used
37(2)
3.6 Previous Research on the Composition of the Poor
39(1)
3.7 Conclusions
40(1)
4 The Database 41(17)
4.1 Introduction
41(1)
4.2 The Sampling Frame
41(1)
4.3 Fieldwork
42(1)
4.4 Response
42(1)
4.5 Reweighting and Representativeness
43(4)
4.6 Content of the Survey
47(1)
4.7 Data checking and Treatment of Missing Information
48(1)
4.8 Farm Income Estimation
48(1)
4.9 Unit of Analysis
49(1)
4.10 The Income Concept
50(2)
4.11 Reliability of the Income Data
52(4)
4.12 Summary
56(2)
5 The Extent of Poverty: Aggregate Results Using Purely Relative Poverty Lines 58(24)
5.1 Introduction
58(1)
5.2 Purely Relative Poverty Lines: The Methodology
59(4)
5.3 Relative Poverty Lines: Aggregate Results for 1987
63(4)
5.4 Relative Poverty Lines Using Tax Units
67(2)
5.5 Relative Poverty Lines and Trends Over Time
69(7)
5.6 Relative Poverty Lines and Cross-Country Comparisons
76(3)
5.7 Conclusions
79(3)
6 Aggregate Results Using Consensual Income Poverty Lines 82(11)
6.l Introduction
82(1)
6.2 The SPL Method
83(1)
6.3 The CSP Method
83(7)
6.4 Problems in Interpretation and Application
90(2)
6.5 Conclusions
92(1)
7 Risk and Incidence of Poverty 1973-80-87 93(18)
7.1 Introduction
93(1)
7.2 Risk and Incidence of Poverty
93(1)
7.3 Demographic Correlates of Poverty
94(7)
7.4 Economic and Social Correlates of Poverty
101(1)
7.5 The Interaction Between Demographic and Economic Variables
101(7)
7.6 Conclusions
108(3)
8 Income and Style of Living Indicators 111(13)
8.1 Introduction
111(1)
8.2 Identifying Ordinary Living Patterns
111(2)
8.3 Indices of Deprivation
113(4)
8.4 Relationship Between Income and Deprivation Indices
117(5)
8.5 Conclusions
122(2)
9 Poverty and Non-Cash Benefits 124(13)
9.1 Introduction
124(1)
9.2 Measuring Poverty and Non-Cash Benefits
125(2)
9.3 The Valuation of Non-Cash Benefits
127(2)
9.4 Non-Cash Benefits in Ireland
129(5)
9.5 Housing Costs and Relative Poverty
134(1)
9.6 Conclusions
135(2)
10 Families and Persons Below Official Income Standards 137(15)
10.1 Introduction
137(1)
10.2 SWA as an Official Minimum Income Standard
137(1)
10.3 Identifying Families with Incomes Below the SWA Level
138(2)
10.4 The Extent of Gaps in the Safety Net
140(1)
10.5 The Nature of Gaps in the Safety Net: Non-coverage and Non-take up
141(4)
10.6 Income Levels of Benefit Units Below SWA Income Standard
145(1)
10.7 Non-take up: Causes and Implications
146(2)
10.8 Non-take-up of Family Income Supplement
148(2)
10.9 Conclusions
150(2)
11 Poverty Reduction Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Social Welfare System 152(17)
11.1 Introduction
152(1)
11.2 Concepts of Poverty Reduction Effectiveness and Poverty Reduction Efficiency
153(2)
11.3 Application of the Measures to the Irish Data
155(5)
11.4 Some Implications
160(5)
11.5 Incentive Effects as Indirect Costs of Poverty Reduction
165
11.6 Conclusions
161(8)
12 Conclusions 169(14)
12.1 The Meaning and Measurement of Poverty
169(2)
12.2 The Data
171(1)
12.3 The Extent of Poverty and Trends Over Time Using Purely Relative Poverty Lines
172(2)
12.4 Consensual Income Poverty Lines
174(1)
12.5 The Risk and Incidence of Poverty
174(1)
12.6 Indicators of Style of Living and Deprivation
175(1)
12.7 Non-cash Benefits
176(1)
12.8 Families and Persons Below Official Income Standards
177(1)
12.9 The Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Social Welfare System in Reducing Poverty
178(1)
12.10 Implications for Policy
178(2)
12.10 Priorities for Further Research
180(3)
References 183

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