1. Panos Tsakloglou Athens University of Economics and Business, IZA & IMOP and Fotis Papadopoulos Athens University of Economics and Business Social exclusion, long term poverty and social transfers in the EU: Evidence from the ECHP EPUNet 2006 Conference, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, May 2006 Preliminary results Please do not quote without the authors’ permission

5. The data (ECHP) Ambitious effort at collecting information on the living conditions of the households of the EU15 member-states Common rules and information collection and editing procedures. Detailed information on incomes, socio-economic characteristics, housing amenities, consumer durables, social relations, employment conditions, health status, subjective evaluation of well-being, etc. One of the main aims of the ECHP: to monitor the living conditions of the population of the EU and, especially those at high risk of poverty and social exclusion. In most cases, though, information refers to “functionings” rather than “capabilities”