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The monography is a comprehensive study describing the relationships between economic growth, social transfers, inequality, and poverty in the EU member states. The analyses examine the changes in economic growth, social transfers, poverty, and inequality (or, more precisely, income inequality), as well as the impact of economic growth and social transfers on reductions in poverty and income inequality between the poor and the non-poor in 27 EU member states from 2005 to 2017. In the theoretical part of the study, various measures of analysed of the aforementioned phenomena and processes are proposed. A growth pattern analysis is performed to investigate the question of whether economic growth is pro-poor based on the poverty equivalent growth rate. Different aspects of poverty are examined using the multi-dimensional approach. This approach to poverty measurement is focused on the effects of the coincidence of monetary poverty and non-monetary poverty (material deprivation). To analyse the inequalities between the poor and the non-poor, measures with the properties necessary for this type of analysis are used, including Zenga's inequality indices and the income quintile share ratio. The analysis of the impact of social transfers on poverty reduction is based on the measurement of the differences between poverty indices before and after social transfers. The pro-poorness of social transfers is assessed by examining the share of social transfers in income, and the correctness of their targeting. In the empirical part of the study, authors aim to answer the question whether an increase in economic growth translates into an increase in the income of the population. Moreover, they estimate how and to what extent is economic growth related to poverty and how beneficial it is for the poor. They also check how and to what extent does economic growth affect income inequality. Finally, they examine if social transfers are favourable to the poor by checking how and to what extent do social transfers affect the relative income of the poor, alleviate inequality between the poor and the non-poor, and reduce poverty.
Tomasz Panek, Jan Zwierzchowski
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Introduction
Part I
Theoretical background and methodology
1. Economic growth-social transfers-inequality-poverty model
2. Measurement of poverty
2.1. Poverty definition
2.2. Criteria of poverty measurement
2.3. Equivalence scales
2.4. Identification of impoverished individuals
2.5. Poverty measurement
3. Pro-poorness of economic growth
3.1. Concepts of pro-poor economic growth
3.2. Analysis of the growth pattern
4. Income inequality analysis
4.1. Choice of income inequality measurement method
4.2. Income inequality measurement
5. Pro-poorness of social transfers and their effects on the relative income of the poor, thereduction in poverty, and the income inequality between the poor and the non-poor
5.1. The definition of social transfers
5.2. Pro-poorness of social transfers
5.3. Measurement of the impact of social transfers on the relative income of the poor, thereduction in poverty, and the income inequality between the poor and the non-poor
Part II
Comparative analysis of economic growth, poverty, inequality, and socialtransfers in EU member states over the 2006-2017 period
1. Data source and assumptions
7. Economic growth in the EU-27 member states
7.1. Economic growth
7.2. Income of the population
7.3. Relationship between changes in economic growth and changes in income
7.4. Pro-poorness of economic growth
8. Poverty in the EU-27 member states
8.1. Monetary poverty
8.2. Material deprivation
8.3. Latent poverty
8.4. Manifest poverty
8.5. Relationship between changes in GDP per capita and changes in poverty incidence
9. Income inequality in the EU-27 member states
9.1. Income inequality
9.2. Relationship between changes in GDP per capita and changes in income inequality
10. Identification of similar groups of the EU-27 member states by economic growth, poverty,and inequality between the poor and the non-poor
11. Social transfers in the EU-27 member states
11.1. Pro-poorness of social transfers
11.2. Impact of social transfers on the relative income of the poor, poverty reduction,and the decline in income inequality between the poor and the non-poor
12. Classification of the EU-27 member states by the pro-poorness of social transfersand their effects on poverty reductions, declines in income inequality between the poorand the non-poor, and the relative income of the poor
Summary and recommendations
References
Appendix
Opis
Wstęp
The monography is a comprehensive study describing the relationships between economic growth, social transfers, inequality, and poverty in the EU member states. The analyses examine the changes in economic growth, social transfers, poverty, and inequality (or, more precisely, income inequality), as well as the impact of economic growth and social transfers on reductions in poverty and income inequality between the poor and the non-poor in 27 EU member states from 2005 to 2017. In the theoretical part of the study, various measures of analysed of the aforementioned phenomena and processes are proposed. A growth pattern analysis is performed to investigate the question of whether economic growth is pro-poor based on the poverty equivalent growth rate. Different aspects of poverty are examined using the multi-dimensional approach. This approach to poverty measurement is focused on the effects of the coincidence of monetary poverty and non-monetary poverty (material deprivation). To analyse the inequalities between the poor and the non-poor, measures with the properties necessary for this type of analysis are used, including Zenga's inequality indices and the income quintile share ratio. The analysis of the impact of social transfers on poverty reduction is based on the measurement of the differences between poverty indices before and after social transfers. The pro-poorness of social transfers is assessed by examining the share of social transfers in income, and the correctness of their targeting. In the empirical part of the study, authors aim to answer the question whether an increase in economic growth translates into an increase in the income of the population. Moreover, they estimate how and to what extent is economic growth related to poverty and how beneficial it is for the poor. They also check how and to what extent does economic growth affect income inequality. Finally, they examine if social transfers are favourable to the poor by checking how and to what extent do social transfers affect the relative income of the poor, alleviate inequality between the poor and the non-poor, and reduce poverty.
Tomasz Panek, Jan Zwierzchowski
Spis treści
Introduction
Part I
Theoretical background and methodology
1. Economic growth-social transfers-inequality-poverty model
2. Measurement of poverty
2.1. Poverty definition
2.2. Criteria of poverty measurement
2.3. Equivalence scales
2.4. Identification of impoverished individuals
2.5. Poverty measurement
3. Pro-poorness of economic growth
3.1. Concepts of pro-poor economic growth
3.2. Analysis of the growth pattern
4. Income inequality analysis
4.1. Choice of income inequality measurement method
4.2. Income inequality measurement
5. Pro-poorness of social transfers and their effects on the relative income of the poor, thereduction in poverty, and the income inequality between the poor and the non-poor
5.1. The definition of social transfers
5.2. Pro-poorness of social transfers
5.3. Measurement of the impact of social transfers on the relative income of the poor, thereduction in poverty, and the income inequality between the poor and the non-poor
Part II
Comparative analysis of economic growth, poverty, inequality, and socialtransfers in EU member states over the 2006-2017 period
1. Data source and assumptions
7. Economic growth in the EU-27 member states
7.1. Economic growth
7.2. Income of the population
7.3. Relationship between changes in economic growth and changes in income
7.4. Pro-poorness of economic growth
8. Poverty in the EU-27 member states
8.1. Monetary poverty
8.2. Material deprivation
8.3. Latent poverty
8.4. Manifest poverty
8.5. Relationship between changes in GDP per capita and changes in poverty incidence
9. Income inequality in the EU-27 member states
9.1. Income inequality
9.2. Relationship between changes in GDP per capita and changes in income inequality
10. Identification of similar groups of the EU-27 member states by economic growth, poverty,and inequality between the poor and the non-poor
11. Social transfers in the EU-27 member states
11.1. Pro-poorness of social transfers
11.2. Impact of social transfers on the relative income of the poor, poverty reduction,and the decline in income inequality between the poor and the non-poor
12. Classification of the EU-27 member states by the pro-poorness of social transfersand their effects on poverty reductions, declines in income inequality between the poorand the non-poor, and the relative income of the poor
Summary and recommendations
References
Appendix
Opinie
The monography is a comprehensive study describing the relationships between economic growth, social transfers, inequality, and poverty in the EU member states. The analyses examine the changes in economic growth, social transfers, poverty, and inequality (or, more precisely, income inequality), as well as the impact of economic growth and social transfers on reductions in poverty and income inequality between the poor and the non-poor in 27 EU member states from 2005 to 2017. In the theoretical part of the study, various measures of analysed of the aforementioned phenomena and processes are proposed. A growth pattern analysis is performed to investigate the question of whether economic growth is pro-poor based on the poverty equivalent growth rate. Different aspects of poverty are examined using the multi-dimensional approach. This approach to poverty measurement is focused on the effects of the coincidence of monetary poverty and non-monetary poverty (material deprivation). To analyse the inequalities between the poor and the non-poor, measures with the properties necessary for this type of analysis are used, including Zenga's inequality indices and the income quintile share ratio. The analysis of the impact of social transfers on poverty reduction is based on the measurement of the differences between poverty indices before and after social transfers. The pro-poorness of social transfers is assessed by examining the share of social transfers in income, and the correctness of their targeting. In the empirical part of the study, authors aim to answer the question whether an increase in economic growth translates into an increase in the income of the population. Moreover, they estimate how and to what extent is economic growth related to poverty and how beneficial it is for the poor. They also check how and to what extent does economic growth affect income inequality. Finally, they examine if social transfers are favourable to the poor by checking how and to what extent do social transfers affect the relative income of the poor, alleviate inequality between the poor and the non-poor, and reduce poverty.
Tomasz Panek, Jan Zwierzchowski
Introduction
Part I
Theoretical background and methodology
1. Economic growth-social transfers-inequality-poverty model
2. Measurement of poverty
2.1. Poverty definition
2.2. Criteria of poverty measurement
2.3. Equivalence scales
2.4. Identification of impoverished individuals
2.5. Poverty measurement
3. Pro-poorness of economic growth
3.1. Concepts of pro-poor economic growth
3.2. Analysis of the growth pattern
4. Income inequality analysis
4.1. Choice of income inequality measurement method
4.2. Income inequality measurement
5. Pro-poorness of social transfers and their effects on the relative income of the poor, thereduction in poverty, and the income inequality between the poor and the non-poor
5.1. The definition of social transfers
5.2. Pro-poorness of social transfers
5.3. Measurement of the impact of social transfers on the relative income of the poor, thereduction in poverty, and the income inequality between the poor and the non-poor
Part II
Comparative analysis of economic growth, poverty, inequality, and socialtransfers in EU member states over the 2006-2017 period
1. Data source and assumptions
7. Economic growth in the EU-27 member states
7.1. Economic growth
7.2. Income of the population
7.3. Relationship between changes in economic growth and changes in income
7.4. Pro-poorness of economic growth
8. Poverty in the EU-27 member states
8.1. Monetary poverty
8.2. Material deprivation
8.3. Latent poverty
8.4. Manifest poverty
8.5. Relationship between changes in GDP per capita and changes in poverty incidence
9. Income inequality in the EU-27 member states
9.1. Income inequality
9.2. Relationship between changes in GDP per capita and changes in income inequality
10. Identification of similar groups of the EU-27 member states by economic growth, poverty,and inequality between the poor and the non-poor
11. Social transfers in the EU-27 member states
11.1. Pro-poorness of social transfers
11.2. Impact of social transfers on the relative income of the poor, poverty reduction,and the decline in income inequality between the poor and the non-poor
12. Classification of the EU-27 member states by the pro-poorness of social transfersand their effects on poverty reductions, declines in income inequality between the poorand the non-poor, and the relative income of the poor
Summary and recommendations
References
Appendix
