The expert workshop took place online on the 4th and 5th of March 2021. It was co-organized by the Centre ASESD Camilo Dagum in the context of the InGRID-2 project
The focus of the Expert Workshop on ‘Measuring and monitoring regional multidimensional poverty and
cost of living: new data, new methods’ was on multidimensional poverty indicators to monitoring the
phenomena at the appropriate domain/geographical level, possibly also considering the degree of
urbanization.
It was organized into two days. On the first day, the experts discussed the definition of multidimensional poverty with special attention to new poverties and vulnerabilities and new data sources. On the second day, the experts discussed the measurement of the spatial distribution of poverty at inter and intra-country level also considering modern sources of data. Each day consisted of two sessions and a final Round Table Discussion
Day 1. 04 March 2021 – Multidimensional Poverty
SESSION 1: The definition of multidimensional poverty indicators and cost of living
- Balint Menyhert (Joint Research Centre, European Commission) – “Measuring and monitoring absolute poverty in the EU – A new pilot project of the European Commission”
- Matteo Mazziotta (ISTAT) – “Composite Indicators for Measuring European Educational Poverty”
- Joao Pedro Wagner De Azevedo (World Bank) – “Learning Poverty: Motivation, Methodology & COVID-19”
SESSION 2: Data sources for multidimensional poverty indicators and cost of living
- Stephanie Steinmetz (University of Amsterdam) – “Identifying data gaps to identify vulnerable groups and challenges of data harmonization”
- Markus Zwick (Destatis) – “Trusted Smart Surveys”
- Federico Polidoro (ISTAT) – “Purchasing power parities and regional breakdown of poverty measures in Italy”
Day 2. 05 March 2021 – The domain and spatial specific distribution of poverty
SESSION 3: Measures of poverty and cost of living
- Tim Goedemé (University of Oxford & University of Antwerp) – “The extended headcount ratio: A new poverty indicator for Europe”
- Koen Decancq (University of Antwerp) – “Cumulative deprivation: Concept, measurement and applications”
- Alejandra Arias Salazar (Free University of Berlin) – “Intercensal updating using structure-preserving methods and satellite imagery”
SESSION 4: The spatial distribution of poverty and cost of living
- Stefano Marchetti (University of Pisa – DAGUM) – “Calculating regional price indices to improve poverty measurement”
- Giovanni Tonutti (Scuola Normale Superiore) – “Measuring poverty and costs of living. Evaluating the Italian citizens’ income scheme”
- Guenter W. Beck (University of Siegen) – “Non-Homotheticity and Differences in the Cost of Living Across Regions: Evidence from household scanner data for Belgium and Italy”
