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The Roma minority is one of the most vulnerable social groups in Slovakia, they are affected bypoverty and social exclusion. Most of the marginalized Roma face low education level, long-termunemployment and very low incomes (they are mostly dependent on the social benefi ts). In thispaper we focus on time preference rates of the marginalised poor Roma. The measurement oftime discounting and present-biased preferences is based on standard methodology where therespondents are asked to choose between receiving smaller amounts earlier at the time of interviewingor larger amounts with three months delay. The same choices are asked at a future timeframe (smaller amounts in six months and larger amounts in nine months). In order to control forpotential confounds due to lower credibility the "front end delay" method is introduced. Accordingto the results there are almost 48 percent of people with time-inconsistent preferences (27 %have present-biased and 21 % future-biased preferences). Men and people with higher level ofeducation are more likely to have consistent preferences than women and people with lower levelof education.Keywordstime discounting, time preferences, present-biased pr

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AbstractWhen developing anti-poverty policies, policymakers need accurate data on the prevalence of poverty. In this paper, we focus on subjective poverty, a concept which has been largely neglected in the literature, though it remains a conceptually appealing way to define poverty. The primary goal of this study is to re-examine the concept of subjective poverty measurement and to estimate trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union. Our estimations are based on a Minimum Income Question using data from a representative survey, EU-SILC. We find robust empirical evidence of decreasing trends in subjective poverty in 16 of 28 EU countries. We conjecture that trends in subjective poverty may reflect changes in societies which are not captured by official poverty indicators, and our results thus enrich the existing data on general poverty trends in the EU.

When developing anti-poverty policies, policy makers need accurate data on the prevalence of poverty. In this paper, we focus on subjective poverty, a concept which has been largely neglected in literature, yet remains a conceptually appealing way to define poverty. The primary goal of this study is to re-examine the concept of subjective poverty measurement and to estimate trends in subjective poverty rates in the European Union. Our estimations are based on a minimum income question using data from a representative survey, EU-SILC, and we find a decreasing trend in subjective poverty in 16 of 28 countries. Conversely, the official relative income poverty indicator exhibits increasing trends in eleven countries, with decreasing trends in only four countries. We believe that these trends may reflect changes in societies which have not been previously captured, and our results thus enrich the existing data on general poverty trends in the EU.

When developing anti-poverty policies, policymakers need accurate data on the prevalence of poverty. In this paper, we focus on subjective poverty, a concept which has been largely neglected in the literature, though it remains a conceptually appealing way to define poverty. The primary goal of this study is to re-examine the concept of subjective poverty measurement and to estimate trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union. Our estimations are based on a Minimum Income Question using data from a representative survey, EU-SILC. We find robust empirical evidence of decreasing trends in subjective poverty in 16 of 28 EU countries. We conjecture that trends in subjective poverty may reflect changes in societies which are not captured by official poverty indicators, and our results thus enrich the existing data on general poverty trends in the EU. ; Lors de l'élaboration des politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté, les décideurs ont besoin de données précises sur la prévalence de la pauvreté. Dans cet article, nous nous concentrons sur la pauvreté subjective, un concept qui a été largement négligé dans la littérature, bien qu'intéressant pour définir la pauvreté. L'objectif principal de cette étude est de réexaminer le concept de mesure subjective de la pauvreté et d'estimer les tendances des taux de pauvreté monétaire subjective dans l'Union européenne. Nos estimations sont basées sur une question relative au revenu minimum en utilisant les données d'une enquête représentative, EU-SILC. Nous trouvons des preuves empiriques solides que la pauvreté subjective a tendance à baisser dans 16 des 28 pays de l'UE. Nous supposons que les tendances de la pauvreté subjective peuvent refléter des changements sociétaux qui ne sont pas pris en compte par les indicateurs officiels sur la pauvreté. Ainsi, nos résultats viennent enrichir les données existantes sur les tendances générales de la pauvreté dans l'UE.

When developing anti-poverty policies, policymakers need accurate data on the prevalence of poverty. In this paper, we focus on subjective poverty, a concept which has been largely neglected in the literature, though it remains a conceptually appealing way to define poverty. The primary goal of this study is to re-examine the concept of subjective poverty measurement and to estimate trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union. Our estimations are based on a Minimum Income Question using data from a representative survey, EU-SILC. We find robust empirical evidence of decreasing trends in subjective poverty in 16 of 28 EU countries. We conjecture that trends in subjective poverty may reflect changes in societies which are not captured by official poverty indicators, and our results thus enrich the existing data on general poverty trends in the EU.