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APPM November 4 th 2009. David Stanton Chair Indicators sub Group of EU Social Protection Committee. Poverty & the OMC. Agreeing common objectives; Agreeing a set of common indicators; Preparing national strategic reports;
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APPM November 4th 2009 David Stanton Chair Indicators sub Group of EU Social Protection Committee
Poverty & the OMC • Agreeing common objectives; • Agreeing a set of common indicators; • Preparing national strategic reports; • Evaluating these strategies jointly with the European Commission and the Member States; • Learning from each others through a series of tools supported by the Commission such as peer reviews, study programs, networks, etc.
DATA • EUSILC • Household sample survey but • Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland and Slovenia income and some demographic data from admin data registers • Cross section and longitudinal
Material deprivation, at-risk of poverty and poverty thresholds, 2007
Review • Properly used means too many indicators: difficult to get message over in media • Data not timely • How does it fit with social assistance?
At-risk of poverty rate anchored at a point in time (2005) by average GDP growth; 2005-2007