HOW TO MEASURE EXTREME POVERTY IN THE EU SOCIAL ASSISTANCE Brussels 22 September 2009
Sources MISSOC/MISSCEO – not packages NAPPERS study of Minimum Income Schemes 2009 Kenneth Nelson SOFI OECD Benefits and Wages data base 2007 – Canada project – UNICEF-2009 candidates Problems Not all the EU Problem of rent Help in kind
Net Income excluding housing benefits as percentage average wages OECD 2007
Net Income including housing benefits as a percentage average wages OECD 2007
UNICEF: Social assistance as % of average wage 2009
UNICEF: Social assistance in 2005 PPPs 2009
Canada project – social assistance in Euros PPPs December 2008
Canada project: structure of the social assistance package lone parent plus 1
Work in progress Needs consolidation Relating to poverty thresholds Comments Suggestions