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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
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Panos TsakloglouAthens University of Economics and Business, IZA & IMOPandFotis Papadopoulos Athens University of Economics and BusinessSocial exclusion, long term poverty and social transfers in the EU: Evidence from the ECHP EPUNet 2006 Conference, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, May 2006 Preliminary resultsPlease do not quote without the authors’ permission
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”