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The Material Deprivation of Foreigners: Measurement and Determinants

2016

We examine the material deprivation of foreigners on a sub-sample of the 2009 Italian Survey on Income and Living Conditions carried out by Istat. We employ an index of material deprivation that takes into account the regional level of analysis, and relies on the assignment of weights to deprivation items. The effects produced on material deprivation by several variables, interpreted as determinants, are investigated through a zero-inflated beta regression model.

Multidimensional povertyCommunicationIndex (economics)business.industryEconometricsSettore SECS-S/05 - Statistica Socialematerial deprivatiom poverty immigrants migrants italy deprivationBeta regressionComposite indicatorbusinessSettore SECS-S/04 - DemografiaMathematics
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The relevance of educational poverty in Europe: Determinants and remedies

2021

Abstract This paper explores the degree of educational poverty in European countries using data from OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). This research adopts the class of additive multidimensional poverty measures proposed by Alkire & Foster (2011) and investigates the degree of educational poverty in terms of incidence, breadth, depth and severity. Also, we analyse the impact of students’ characteristics and school-level factors on the probability of being educational poor in various learning dimensions. The findings reveal that between 2006 and 2015 the incidence of educational poverty became more relevant in many European countries, while most of them experienced …

Multidimensional povertyEducational poverty; European countries; PISA 2006 and 2015Economics and Econometrics050208 financePoverty05 social sciencesStudent assessmentEuropean countriesEducational poverty PISA 2006 and 2015 European countriesOrder (exchange)0502 economics and businessDevelopment economicsEconomicsRelevance (law)Educational povertyPISA 2006 and 2015050207 economics
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