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Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales / Entelequia. Revista Interdisciplinar
Spain 22,3 19,8 2,5
Czech Rep 15,2 17,8 -2,6
Malta 18,2 16,7 1,5
UK 30,1 11,9 18,2
Denmark 23,2 7,9 15,3
Luxembourg 21,4 7,7 13,7
Finland 18,5 7,7 10,8
Italy 21,5 7,3 14,2
Belgium 14,7 7,3 7,4
Ireland 22,6 5,9 16,7
France 17,7 5,4 12,3
Austria 15,3 5 10,3
Netherlands 18,6 4,4 14,2
Sweden 14,6 2 12,6
Source: calculated from the data provided by Fahey et al. (2005) (European Foundation
for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions). Professor Fahey’s results are the
first published comparison of European poverty rates after enlargement with the EU-25
wide median income as the poverty level. The original EXCEL-spreadsheet was kindly put
at our disposal by Professor Fahey.
Our graphical presentation of the measurement bias is as follows:
Arno Tausch, Christian Bischof, Tomz Kastrun, Karl Mueller 30