Measuring dependence between dimensions of poverty in Spain: An approach based on copulas

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10.2991/ifsa-eusflat-15.2015.104How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Copulas, concordance, Spearman, orthant dependence, poverty.

Abstract

Welfare and close related issues, like poverty and ine-quality, are multidimensional as they involve not only income, but also education, health or labour. This paper aims to measure the dependence among dimensions us-ing copula-based coefficients. This approach focuses on the positions of the individuals across dimensions, ra-ther than their specific values. We apply copula-based orderings of dependence to analyze how the concord-ance among dimensions has evolved in Spain over the last years. We also compute multivariate extensions of the Spearman’s rank coefficient. The variables consid-ered are those included in the AROPE rate: income, material needs and work intensity.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ana Pérez
AU  - Mercedes Prieto
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DA  - 2015/06
TI  - Measuring dependence between dimensions of poverty in Spain: An approach based on copulas
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 Conference of the International Fuzzy Systems Association and the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 1951-6851
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