RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Multidimensional poverty in the EU: rethinking AROPE through a multi-criteria analysis
A1 Bárcena-Martín, Elena María
A1 Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús
A1 Rodríguez-Díaz, Beatriz
K1 Exclusión social
AB At risk of poverty or social exclusion rate (AROPE) constitutes the pivotal indicator of living conditions and poverty in the European Union. Nevertheless, as a multidimensional poverty measure, it has some drawbacks that significantly reduce its utility. In this paper, we propose an alternative multi-criteria approach that provides some innovations for the computation of multidimensional poverty in the European countries. We first propose a normalization formula for each dimension by using a double point of reference. We then put forward alternative aggregation functions that permit diverse degrees of substitutability across dimensions. This new formulation allows us to go beyond focusing merely on the rate of people classified as AROPE, making it possible to evaluate aspects such as the intensity of multidimensional poverty and how changes over time are distributed across population in terms of shared prosperity, as showed in an illustration for the EU28 countries.
YR 2020
FD 2020-01-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/19224
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/19224
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026