Measuring Poverty, Income Inequality, and Social Exclusion: Lessons from Europe

Measuring Poverty, Income Inequality, and Social Exclusion
Lessons from Europe


March 16, 2009	Session I: Monetary Measures of Poverty and Inequality in Different National Settings

10:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m.	The OECD Approach to Measuring Income Distribution and Poverty: Strengths, Limits and Statistical Issues
	Michael Forster and Marco Mira D'Ercole, OECD
	Paper

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Income Indicators in the EU’s Open Method of Coordination
	Isabelle Maquet-Engsted and David Stanton, SPC, European Commission
	Paper

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Income Distribution in New (and old) EU Member States
	Istvan Toth and Marton Medgyesi, TARKI
	Abstract Paper

12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Weakly Relative Poverty
	Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen, The World Bank
	Conference paper being revised. Will be posted when available

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Session Discussant
	Timothy Smeeding, University of Wisconsin-Madison and LWS, United States
	Paper

	Session II: Broadening Measures of Income (or Resources)

2:30 p.m - 3:00 p.m.	Accounting for the Distributional Effects of In-Kind Public Benefits
	Holly Sutherland, ISER, United Kingdom; and Panos Tsakloglou, Athens University, Greece
	Abstract Paper

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Incidence and Welfare Effects of Indirect Taxes
	Andre Decoster and Dirk Verwerft, KU Leuven, Belgium; and Cathal O'Donoghue and Jason Loughrey, RERC, Republic of Ireland
	Abstract Paper

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Accounting for Imputed and Capital Income Flows in Inequality Analyses
	Joachim Frick and Markus Grabka, DIW Berlin, Germany
	Abstract Paper

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m	Analysing and Measuring Social Inclusion in a Global Context
	Eric Marlier, CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg; and A. B. (Tony) Atkinson, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Abstract Paper

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m	Accounting for Employee Benefits: Issues of Measurement, Valuation and Social Equivalencies
	Neil Gilbert, University of California - Berkeley, United States
	Paper

5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m	Session Discussant
	David Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau, United States
	Paper

March 17, 2009	Session III: Income Levels for Social Assistance

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m	Social Assistance Schemes in OECD Countries: Eligibility and Benefits
	Herwig Immervoll and Michael Forster, OECD
	Paper

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m	Social Assistance Schemes Across the World: Eligibility Conditions and Benefits
	Emil Tesliuc, Carlo del Ninno, and Margaret Grosh, The World Bank
	Paper

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m	The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain
	Stephen Jenkins, ISER, United Kingdom; and Lorenzo Cappellari, Università Cattolica, Italy
	Abstract Paper

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m	Session Discussant
	Robert Lerman, American University and Urban Institute, United States
	Conference paper being revised. Will be posted when available
	Session IV: Non-Income Measures

12:00 p.m. - 12:25 p.m.	Asset-Related Measures of Poverty and Economic Stress
	Andrea Brandolini, Bank of Italy and LWS, Italy; Silvia Magri, Bank of Italy, Italy; and Timothy Smeeding, University of Wisconsin-Madison and LWS, United States
	Abstract Paper

12:25 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.	Constructing a Consumption Aggregate for the Purpose of Welfare Analysis: Principles, Issues and Recommendations Arising from the Case of Brazil
	Peter Lanjouw, The World Bank
	Paper

12:50 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Session Discussant
	Kenneth Couch, University of Connecticut, United States
	Conference paper being revised. Will be posted when available

	Session V: Multidimensional Measures

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Developing and Learning from Measures of Social Inclusion in the European Union
	Eric Marlier, CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg; Bea Cantillon and Karel Van den Bosch, University of Antwerp, Belgium; and Brian Nolan, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Paper

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Using Non-Monetary Deprivation Indicators to Analyse Poverty and Social Exclusion in Rich Countries: Lessons from Europe?
	Brian Nolan, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland; and Christopher Whelan, ESRI Dublin, Republic of Ireland
	Paper

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Estimating the Extra Costs of Living for Disabled People in the EU
	Asghar Zaidi, OECD; and Tania Burchardt, LSE, United Kingdom
	Conference paper being revised. Will be posted when available

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Poverty Redefined as Low Consumption and Low Wealth, not just Low Income: Its Psychological Consequences in Australia and Germany
	Bruce Headey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Australia; and Gert G. Wagner and Peter Krause, DIW Berlin, Germany
	Abstract Paper

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Session Discussant
	Neil Gilbert, University of California - Berkeley, United States
	Paper

	Concluding Session: Lessons for the US from Europe

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Summing up Discussion by Richard Burkhauser, David Johnson and Timothy Smeeding