Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82667 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2006:14
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
This paper studies income poverty among the 50+ population in 10 EU countries using newly collected data from the SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) project. A measure of the household’s disposable annual income is used. Relative income poverty range from 10 percent (in Sweden) to 22 percent (in Switzerland). Logistic regression estimates show that unemployment, being a homemaker, self-employed, living single, and having a child living close, are associated with an increased likelihood of poverty. Less risk of poverty can be found among those that have supervision over the workplace, have obtained more education, are home owners, and, in some countries, among those that are relatively old.
Subjects: 
Poverty
disposable income
household income
cross-country comparison
relative poverty
JEL: 
D31
I31
I32
J14
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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