INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
Join us for an international workshop on the impact of poverty and social exclusion on children's lives and well-being, scheduled for September 8-9, 2008, in Bratislava. This workshop will discuss a multidimensional approach to measuring child poverty, emphasizing both material and non-material aspects. We will explore empirical analyses, including a Composite Index of Deprivation and findings on the significance of social integration and demographics. Delve into the consequences of deprivation and the importance of targeted measures for specific vulnerable child groups.
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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP Impact of Poverty and Social Exclusion on Children’s Lives and their Well-being 8th – 9th September 2008 Bratislava CHILD POVERTY – A MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT Amélia Bastos Carla Machado Schoolof Economics and Management School of Economics and Management Technical University of Lisbon Technical University of Lisbon CEMAPRE CEMAPRE
Outline 1 Motivation 2 Methodological framework 3 Results from the empirical analysis 4 Consequences derived from the principal findings
1 Motivation Dimension of child poverty Consequences of living in poverty for children Ethics and social justice
2 Methodological framework – 1/2 Data: 5000 observations Child – statistical unit of analysis Child poverty: multidimensional concept Material and non-material issues Deprivation – domains: Education, Health, Housing and Social Integration Fuzzy conceptualization – Fuzzy Set Theory
2 Methodological framework – 2/2 Measures of child poverty Composite Index of Deprivation Risk of Deprivation Evaluation of socio-demographic and economic attributes – Probit model
3 Results from the empirical analysis - 1/3 Composite Index of Deprivation (CID) Social Integration is the domain that most contributes to child deprivation Education is on the opposite side
3 Results from the empirical analysis - 2/3 CID by socio-demographic attributes emphasizes the importance of: Being black Living in lone parent’s families Living without any of the parents Having illiterate parents
3 Results from the empirical analysis - 3/3 CID by economic attributes emphasizes the importance of: Living with unemployed parents Having parents with low professional occupations Being income poor Deprivation risk 20% of children are at-risk-of-deprivation Deprived children: deprivation pattern and attributes evaluation
4 Consequences derived from the principal findings Deprivation and income poverty do not overlap Importance of the child-cantered analysis Importance of measures targeted to specific groups