Household Consumption and Incomes in Comparative Perspective

Project within the EQUALSOC - Network

 

The aim of this project is to carry out a pilot study based on Household Budget Surveys data from selected EU member states in order to assess and develop their suitability for analysis of a variety of issues related to inequality in consumption and the income-consumption relationship. If a satisfactory level of comparability can be achieved, the analysis of expenditure levels and patterns and their determinants will proceed, with a focus on capturing and illuminating living standards across different income levels in countries with different levels of average income per capita. On the basis of the knowledge and experience gained from the pilot study, focusing on three countries (Germany, Ireland, Estonia), the feasibility of using HBS data for comparative research across the EU, and the data-handling methods and procedures needed to make such research possible, will also be assessed.


Research Team:

Heinz-Herbert Noll (GESIS-ZUMA, Mannheim; Coordinator)

Tony Fahey (University College, Dublin)

Dagmar Kutsar (University of Tartu)

Emer Ene-Margit Tiit (University of Tartu)

Avo Trumm (University of Tartu)

Stefan Weick (GESIS-ZUMA, Mannheim)


Related Presentations:

Noll, Heinz-Herbert, Weick, Stefan: The Inequalities of Income and Consumption Expenditures - How Do They Relate? XVI. ISA World Congress of Sociology, Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification, Durban, 23.-29. Juli, 2006

Heinz-Herbert Noll and Stefan Weick: "The Inequalities of Income and Consumption Expenditures - How Do They Relate?" - Session on "Consumption, Income and Living Standards" at EQUALSOC Barcelona Network Conference, September 2006.

Noll, Heinz-Herbert, Weick, Stefan: Zur Ungleichheit von Einkommen und Konsumausgaben. Analysen mit Daten der EVS. 1. EVS-Nutzerkonferenz "Forschung mit der Einkommens- und Verbrauchsstichprobe". Mannheim, 19.-20. Oktober, 2006

Noll, Heinz-Herbert, Weick, Stefan: The Implications of Income and Expenditure Based Approaches of Measurement of Inequality and Poverty. International Conference "Poverty, Social Exclusion and Methods of Combating Them", Warsaw, 16.-18. November, 2006

Tiit, Ene-Margit: Elatusmiinimumi arvutamise uus metoodika ja vaesustrendid [A new method of calculation of minimum living standard and poverty trends]. Ettekanne Sotsiaalministeeriumis jaanuar 2006.

Tiit, Ene-Margit: Muutuv Eesti pere [Changing families in Estonia]. Konverents Jätkusuutlik Eesti. 25.05.2006.

Tiit, Ene-Margit: Vaesus ja selle mõõtmine. [Poverty and poverty measurement] Vaesuse suundumused Eestis. Ettekanne Sotsiaalministeeriumis 30. aug. 2006.

Tiit, Ene-Margit: "Assessment of imputet rent in household costs: the case of Estonia" Session on "Consumption, Income and Living Standards" at Barcelona Network Conference, September 2006

Tiit, Ene-Margit: "Vaesus kui risk Eestis. [Poverty risk in Estonia] Konverents Inimteadvus ja käitumine riski tingimustes. 27.-28.okt. 2006 Tallinnas.

Related Publications:

Noll, Heinz-Herbert: Consumption, Income and Living Standards. A review of related recent research activities. Mannheim 2007

Noll, Heinz-Herbert, Weick, Stefan: "Einkommensarmut und Konsumarmut - Unterschiedliche Perspektiven und Diagnosen". Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren - ISI, Nr. 37, Januar 2007

Noll, Heinz-Herbert; Weick, Stefan (2006): Strukturen des privaten Verbrauchs in Deutschland: Ungleichheiten und temporärer Wandel. In: Karl-Siegbert Rehberg (Hrsg.), Soziale Ungleichheit, Kulturelle Unterschiede, Verhandlungen des 32. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in München 2004. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, S. 407 - 423.

Ene-Margit Tiit, Mari Kreitzberg, Arvo Valtin: Mudelipõhine arvestusliku rendi hindamine/ Model-based estimation of imputed rent. Eesti Statistika kuukiri, Nr 2, 2007.[Estonian Statistics Monthly] (available in Estonian and English)

Tiit, Ene-Margit: Vaesusriski muutused Eestis [Changing risks of poverty]. Sotsiaaltöö nr 1, 2006, lk 15 -20. (in Estonian).

Tiit, Ene-Margit: Vaesus ja selle mõõtmine. Vaesuse suundumused Eestis. [Poverty and poverty measurement] EV Sotsiaalministeerium, sotsiaalpoliitika info- ja analüüsi osakond. - Tallinn, 2006. - 14 lk. - (Sotsiaalministeeriumi toimetised. 8/2006 Poliitikaanalüüs, ISSN 1736-3896, ISSN 1736-390X; 2006, 8). (in Estonian)

Tiit, Ene-Margit.: Muutuv Eesti pere. [Changing families in Estonia] Avaldamisel kogumikus Jätkusuutlik Eesti. (in print; in Estonian)