The child poverty factor as a constraint in a model of overall welfare: The case of Greece

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Published: Jan 18, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/scad.25764
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Child poverty welfare index quantitative methods social solidarity crisis Greece human welfare
Eirini Leriou
Panteion University
Abstract
Ιn this paper a specific, specialized and cumulative index is formulated, in a theoretical level, for the measurement of child poverty in Greece. This index is subsequently introduced in a general model of welfare as a constraint and its relation with social solidarity is examined. The creation of an exclusive and polyprismatic child poverty/ welfare index is useful as it helps for a more reliable and exact measurement, in order to take effective policy-measures to address and reduce this phenomenon, which has taken gigantic magnitude in Greece.
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