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Koncepcja możliwości Amartyi Kumar Sena a dobrobyt w Unii Europejskiej
Sen’s Capability Approach to Welfare in the European Union

Author(s): Marcin Brycz, Leszek Czerwonka
Subject(s): Welfare systems, Applied Sociology, Welfare services, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: welfare; A.K. Sen; poverty;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to look for relationships between the concept of A. Sen’s capabilities, and data published by the statistical offices on the example of the European Union. In the first part of the article views on the interpretation of the capabilities are presented. The second part is a review of the literature on the practical application of this concept in modeling. The third part of this study is the relationship between the percentage of people at risk of poverty and HDI index. The analysis shows that despite the high correlation between GDP and HDI, HDI presets additional data that reflects capabilities in the sense of A. Sen.

  • Issue Year: 28/2013
  • Issue No: 03 (2)
  • Page Range: 67-81
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish