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Armutsmessung und Armutsbekämpfung: OECD-Skala und „Statistik“-Modell der Regelbedarfsberechnung auf die Probe gestellt
[Poverty measurement and poverty reduction: OECD scale and ‚statistical‘-model of the German social assistance system put to the test]

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  • Notburga Ott

    (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

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Zusammenfassung In der Verteilungsanalyse und Armutsmessung haben sich gewisse Usancen etabliert, die nicht mehr kritisch hinterfragt werden. Während es bis in die späten 1980er intensive Diskussionen sowohl in der Wissenschaft wie auch der Öffentlichkeit zu Fragen nach normativen Basisentscheidungen und den angemessenen statistischen Instrumenten der empirischen Ermittlung gab, wird heute v. a. im politischen Raum auf vermeintlich wissenschaftlich objektive – und damit angeblich wertfreie – Maßstäbe verwiesen. Weder die „modifizierte OECD-Skala“ noch die „relative“ Armutsgrenze werden hinsichtlich ihrer Angemessenheit kritisch diskutiert. Auch muss man beim sogenannten „Statistik“-Modell für die Bemessung von Grundsicherungsleistungen fragen, wieviel Statistik es tatsächlich enthält. Die kritische Prüfung der Angemessenheit statistischer Verfahren war stets eine Forderung von Heinz Grohmann, dem diese Vorlesung gewidmet ist.

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  • Notburga Ott, 2018. "Armutsmessung und Armutsbekämpfung: OECD-Skala und „Statistik“-Modell der Regelbedarfsberechnung auf die Probe gestellt [Poverty measurement and poverty reduction: OECD scale and ‚statistical‘-mode," AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, Springer;Deutsche Statistische Gesellschaft - German Statistical Society, vol. 12(1), pages 5-25, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:astaws:v:12:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s11943-018-0222-3
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