Poverty and low income in the Nordic countries
By: edited by Björn Gustafsson, Peder J. Pedersen
Contributors: Pedersen, Peder J; Gustafsson, Björn
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Aldershot; Brookfield, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Poverty -- Scandinavia; Poor -- Scandinavia; Scandinavia -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Description: "The Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers decided in 1994 to initiate and finance a comparative study to understand better the structure and development of poverty in five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). The main question posed is how the number of people living with low incomes has changed over time, and what characterizes such households? Since no official poverty line has been defined in the Nordic countries, the comparative study examines a set of different definitions of poverty and analyses the change in poverty rates and poverty composition in light of those different definitions."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references