A Dignified Standard of Living in Mexico: Results of a Pilot Study of the Minimum Income Standard Approach

Valadez-Martinez, Laura; Padley, Matt; Penagos, María Fernanda Torres

doi:10.1007/s11205-017-1780-4

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“…Next, a sequence of focus groups check and revise the budget (Davis et al, 2015). It has been argued that the MIS approach reflects the ‘values and social norms of [a particular] society’ (Valadez-Martinez, 2018). However, Deeming (2010) argues that a focus-group consensus is unlikely to reflect a universal attitude in society, since focus groups comprise only a limited number of people who are not necessarily representative of their context.…”

Section: An Overview Of the Methodologies Of Reference Budgetsmentioning

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Different Methods, Different Standards? A Comparison of Two Finnish Reference Budgets

Mäkinen

2021

European Journal of Social Security

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According to Principle 14 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, everyone should have the right to adequate minimum income benefits that ensure a life in dignity. Reference budgets have been proposed to monitor this principle. Reference budgets are priced baskets of goods and services that represent a given living standard. At the moment, no common methodology for constructing reference budgets exists; instead, different methods are used to construct them. This study sought to compare the approaches and results of two Finnish reference budgets: one created by the Centre for Consumer Society Research (CCSR), and the second by the ImPRovE project. The purpose of the article is to respond to a gap in existing literature around how different methods for constructing reference budgets impact their outcomes. The two reference budgets offer a strong basis for comparison because they both sought to capture the same living standard in the same context for similar household types (single woman, single man, heterosexual couple, and heterosexual couple with two children), while using different approaches. The results suggest that the two reference budgets arrive at different estimates of what is needed for social participation. Ultimately, we found that the most significant differences between the budgets were housing and mobility costs for the couple with two children due to differences in information bases, selection criteria, evaluators, and pricing. The study makes a significant contribution to the literature because it is one of the first to explore how different approaches to constructing reference budgets affect their outcomes. The results suggest that clear criteria for constructing reference budgets are needed to monitor Principle 14 of the European Pillar of Social Rights.

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Section: An Overview Of the Methodologies Of Reference Budgetsmentioning

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Different Methods, Different Standards? A Comparison of Two Finnish Reference Budgets

Mäkinen

2021

European Journal of Social Security

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“…Since 2008, the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) has been calculated regularly in the United Kingdom, based on research in which focus groups comprising members of the public are tasked with identifying the prerequisites for a minimum living standard. The details of this method have been described elsewhere (Davis et al 2017;Valadez-Martínez et al 2017;Bradshaw et al 2008). In summary, the method proceeds as follows.…”

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“…In the UK, rounds of groups have been held every 2 years since 2008, typically comprising 20-30 groups on each occasion, with budgets 'rebased' every 4 years for any one household type in order to ensure they remain up to date. The method has been replicated in a similar form in other high-income countries including France (Gilles et al 2014) and Ireland (Collins et al 2012), and in pilot form in two middle-income countries, Mexico (Valadez-Martínez et al 2017) and South Africa (Byaruhanga et al 2017).…”

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The Low Income Gap: A New Indicator Based on a Minimum Income Standard

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In many high-income countries, governments seek to ensure that households at least have sufficient incomes to afford basic essentials such as food and clothing, but also to help citizens reach socially acceptable living standards allowing full participation in society. Their success in doing so is commonly monitored in terms of how many citizens are below a poverty line set relative to median income, and by how far below it they fall (the 'poverty gap'). Yet the threshold below which this gap starts to be measured is arbitrary, begging the question of what level of low income needs addressing. A more ambitious measure, presented in this paper, considers the extent to which people fall short of a benchmark representing a socially agreed minimum standard. This 'low income gap' can be used to represent the distance a society has to go to eliminate income that is undesirably low. The paper presents the indicator, its meaning and some recent trends in the United Kingdom, where the methodology behind the indicator has been pioneered. The results demonstrate that this empirically derived benchmark has the potential to be of value in other countries, in assessing whether they are making progress in reducing low income.

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“…Based on a review of the literature on supportive communities and a field study in Sham Shui Po, supportive communities are described as meeting the diverse needs and enhancing the life quality of residents in sub-divided units through the provision of public facilities, activity venues, commerce, and employment [1,6,39]. Our analysis of the recent scholarly literature indicates that at the community level, street markets emerge as pivotal in fostering supportive communities, accommodating the four principal evaluative factors: public facilities, activity venues, commerce, and employment [20,21,23,34].…”

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The Mechanism of Street Markets Fostering Supportive Communities in Old Urban Districts: A Case Study of Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

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In old urban districts with tenement buildings, street markets address the working class’s social and economic needs. They are pivotal in fostering supportive communities, in particular for low-income residents in sub-standard housing. However, their outdated overall environment impedes the delivery of adequate support to residents. Prior research on street markets has focused on those in the Americas and Europe, and has revealed the societal support values of these markets. However, studies on street markets in high-density cities like Hong Kong are lacking. This study introduces an evaluation framework to assess the impact of street markets on the development of supportive communities for Hong Kong’s sub-divided apartment residents. Employing the Pei Ho Street market in Sham Shui Po as a case study, an importance-performance analysis highlights critical but underperforming factors including public facilities, activity venues, commerce, and employment. Based on these findings, the study proposes four improvement strategies for the renewal of street markets in high-density communities, which could apply to other cities with similar high-density urban environments. It concludes that street markets in Hong Kong display unique spatial characteristics shaped by low-income lifestyles in a high-density urban environment, enriching daily social life and promoting sustainable community development.

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A Dignified Standard of Living in Mexico: Results of a Pilot Study of the Minimum Income Standard Approach

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Different Methods, Different Standards? A Comparison of Two Finnish Reference Budgets

Different Methods, Different Standards? A Comparison of Two Finnish Reference Budgets

The Low Income Gap: A New Indicator Based on a Minimum Income Standard

The Mechanism of Street Markets Fostering Supportive Communities in Old Urban Districts: A Case Study of Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong

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