Net-SILC3
The third Network for the analysis of EU-SILC (Net-SILC3) is funded by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) and consists of a group of institutions and researchers using the comparative EU data source “EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)”. It brings together experts from nine European Statistical System (ESS) bodies and eight academic bodies:
a) ESS bodies: the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, Net-SILC3 coordinator), seven National Statistical Institutes (from Austria, Finland, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the UK) and the Scientific Institute of Public Health (Belgium);
b) academic bodies: University of Oxford (UK), Institute of Economic Sciences (Serbia), Institute for Social and Economic Research (University of Essex, UK), Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS, Germany), Herman Deleeck Centre for Social policy (University of Antwerp, Belgium), Stockholm University, University of Manchester (UK) and University of Amsterdam (NL).
The plans for the Network build on a solid foundation of previous work (esp. in the context of Net-SILC1 and Net-SILC2) and seek to address various methodological and analytical questions that are of particular importance at this stage of the maturation of EU-SILC.
Between 2016 and 2020, Net-SILC3 will carry out in-depth methodological work and socio-economic analysis of the EU-SILC data (covering both cross-sectional and longitudinal dimensions) and develop common tools and approaches regarding various aspects of data production for the whole ESS. It will also organise two EU-SILC conferences as well as four “Best Practice Workshops”.
Net-SILC3 International Best Practice Workshop on Assessing and improving the validity and comparability of the EU-SILC income, own consumption, health and housing variables
Context and purpose of the workshop
This “Best Practice Workshop” is organised by the third Network for the analysis of EU-SILC (Net-SILC3). It is kindly hosted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre.
Net-SILC3 is funded by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) and consists of a group of institutions and researchers using the comparative EU data source “EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)”. It brings together experts from nine European Statistical System (ESS) bodies and eight academic bodies:
a) ESS bodies: the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, Net-SILC3 coordinator), seven National Statistical Institutes (from Austria, Finland, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the UK) and the Scientific Institute of Public Health (Belgium);
b) academic bodies: University of Oxford (UK), Institute of Economic Sciences (Serbia), Institute for Social and Economic Research (University of Essex, UK), Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS, Germany), Herman Deleeck Centre for Social policy (University of Antwerp, Belgium), Stockholm University, University of Manchester (UK) and University of Amsterdam (NL).
The plans for the Network build on a solid foundation of previous work (esp. in the context of Net-SILC1 and Net-SILC2) and seek to address various methodological and analytical questions that are of particular importance at this stage of the maturation of EU-SILC.
Between 2016 and 2020, Net-SILC3 will carry out in-depth methodological work and socio-economic analysis of the EU-SILC data (covering both cross-sectional and longitudinal dimensions) and develop common tools and approaches regarding various aspects of data production for the whole ESS. It will also organise two EU-SILC conferences as well as four “Best Practice Workshops”.
This 2018 Best Practice Workshop is the first Net-SILC3 workshop. The papers that will be presented at this workshop are important contributions to the development of EU-SILC and the EU social indicators. They will also contribute to the wider appreciation of the uses that can be made of EU-SILC data and to the strengthening of the social dimension of the European Union.
The workshop will be followed by the 2018 conference on “Comparative EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions”, also organised as part of this Net-SILC3 international event.
Workshop Programme
Programme of the Net-SILC3 International Best Practice Workshop
Day 1 | Wednesday 18 April 2018
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13:30 - 14:30
Registration
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14:30 - 15:00
Opening Session: Welcome and introduction
Chair: Eric Marlier (LISER, Luxembourg)
Athanasios C. Thanopoulos (Hellenic Statistical Authority [ELSTAT])
Gallo Gueye (European Commission, Eurostat)
Tim Goedemé (University of Antwerp, Belgium) -
15:00 - 16:00
Session 1: Income components (1/2)
Chair: Eric Marlier (LISER, Luxembourg)
All abstracts   All papers
Net-SILC3 main findings and recommendations on the comparability of EU-SILC income variables
Tim Goedemé and Lorena Zardo Trindade (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Presentation  Paper (pdf)  Paper (xlsx)
EU-SILC vs. national accounts: main findings of the comparison
Veli-Matti Törmälehto (Statistics Finland)
Presentation  Paper
A focus on the measurement of self-employment income: contrasting approaches in EU-SILC (Italy)
Paolo Consolini (Statistics Italy)
Presentation
A focus on the measurement of self-employment income: contrasting approaches in EU-SILC (Denmark)
Jarl Quitzau (Statistics Denmark)
Presentation
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16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
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16:30 - 18:00
Session 1: Income components (2/2)
Chair: Eric Marlier (LISER, Luxembourg)
Panel: Andrea Brandolini (Bank of Italy); Paolo Consolini (Statistics Italy); Nadja Lamei (Statistics Austria); Teresa Munzi (Luxembourg Income Study [LIS], Luxembourg); Jarl Quitzau (Statistics Denmark); Holly Sutherland (ISER, University of ESSEX, UK); Veli-Matti Törmälehto (Statistics Finland)
Q/A
Reaction and wrap-up: Tim Goedemé (University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Didier Dupré (European Commission, Eurostat)
Day 2 | Thursday 19 April 2018
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08:45 - 10:00
Session 2: Production for own consumption
Chair: Giorgos Ntouros (Hellenic Statistical Authority [ELSTAT])
Net-SILC3 main findings and recommendations on the validity and comparability of EU-SILC own consumption variables
Tijana Čomić (Institute of Economic Sciences, Serbia)
Presentation  Abstract   Paper
Lead-off input by Rasim Ryustem (Statistics Bulgaria)
Presentation
Lead-off input by Viktors Veretjanovs (Statistics Latvia)
Presentation
Q/A
Reaction and wrap-up: Agnieszka Litwinska (European Commission, Eurostat)
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10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
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10:30 - 12:00
Session 3: Non-income components: housing and health variables
Chair: Panos Tsakloglou (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
All abstracts  All papers
Net-SILC3 main findings and recommendations on the validity and comparability of EU-SILC housing variables
Ross Bowen and Callum Clark (Statistics UK)
Presentation  Paper
Lead-off input by Kristof Heylen (KULeuven University, Belgium)
QA
Net-SILC3 main findings and recommendations on the validity and comparability of EU-SILC health variables
Rana Charafeddine and Stefaan Demarest (Scientific Institute of Public Health, Belgium)
Presentation  Paper
Lead-off input by Virginia Maestri (European Commission, DG EMPL)
Q/A
Reaction and wrap-up by Emilio Di Meglio (European Commission, Eurostat)
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End of workshop - Lunch offered by ELSTAT
2018 Net-SILC3 International Conference Comparative EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions
Context and purpose of the conference
This conference is organised by the third Network for the analysis of EU-SILC (Net-SILC3). It is kindly hosted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre
Net-SILC3 is funded by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) and consists of a group of institutions and researchers using the comparative EU data source “EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)”. It brings together experts from nine European Statistical System (ESS) bodies and eight academic bodies:
a) ESS bodies: the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, Net-SILC3 coordinator), seven National Statistical Institutes (from Austria, Finland, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands and the UK) and the Scientific Institute of Public Health (Belgium);
b) academic bodies: University of Oxford (UK), Institute of Economic Sciences (Serbia), Institute for Social and Economic Research (University of Essex, UK), Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS, Germany), Herman Deleeck Centre for Social policy (University of Antwerp, Belgium), Stockholm University, University of Manchester (UK) and University of Amsterdam (NL).
The plans for the Network build on a solid foundation of previous work (esp. in the context of Net-SILC1 and Net-SILC2) and seek to address various methodological and analytical questions that are of particular importance at this stage of the maturation of EU-SILC.
Between 2016 and 2020, Net-SILC3 will carry out in-depth methodological work and socio-economic analysis of the EU-SILC data (covering both cross-sectional and longitudinal dimensions) and develop common tools and approaches regarding various aspects of data production for the whole ESS. It will also organise two EU-SILC conferences as well as four “Best Practice Workshops”.
This 2018 conference is the first Net-SILC3 conference. The papers that will be presented at this conference are important contributions to the development of EU-SILC and the EU social indicators. They will also contribute to the wider appreciation of the uses that can be made of EU-SILC data and to the strengthening of the social dimension of the European Union.
The conference will be preceded by a Best Practice Workshop on “Assessing and improving the validity and comparability of the EU-SILC income, own consumption, health and housing variables”, also organised as part of this Net-SILC3 international event.
Conference Programme
Day 1 | Thursday 19 April 2018
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12:15 - 13:30
Registration and lunch offered by ELSTAT
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13:30 - 14:00
Opening Session: Welcome and introduction
Chair: Eric Marlier (LISER, Luxembourg)
Athanasios C. Thanopoulos (Hellenic Statistical Authority [ELSTAT])
Barbara Kauffmann (European Commission, DG EMPL)
Gallo Gueye (European Commission, Eurostat) -
14:00 - 16:00
Session 1: Methods and income measurement
Chair: Didier Dupré (European Commission, Eurostat)
All abstracts   All papers
Main conclusions of Net-SILC3 International Best Practice Workshop on “Assessing and improving the validity and comparability of the EU-SILC income, own consumption, health and housing variables
Tim Goedemé (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Inclusion of production for own consumption in the household disposable income concept: Impact on the income distribution and on key EU income-based indicators
Tijana Čomić (Institute of Economic Sciences, Serbia)
Presentation  Paper
Reconciliation of EU-SILC data with national accounts
Veli-Matti Törmälehto (Statistics Finland)
Presentation  Paper
Rotation group bias in the estimation of EU social indicators
Alessio Fusco (LISER, Luxembourg), Giovanni Gallo (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy) and Philippe Van Kerm (LISER and University of Luxembourg)
Presentation  Paper
Q/A
Discussant: Andrea Brandolini (Bank of Italy)
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16:00 - 16:30
Coffee break
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16:30 - 18:15
Session 2: Income poverty, social transfers
Chair: Eric Marlier (LISER, Luxembourg)
All abstracts  All papers
Assessing the anti-poverty effects of social transfers: net or gross? And does it really matter?
Chrysa Leventi, Andrea Papini and Holly Sutherland (University of Essex [ISER], UK)
Presentation  Paper
By how much do social transfers reduce income poverty and material deprivation in Europe?
Anne-Catherine Guio (LISER, Luxembourg) and Geranda Notten (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Presentation  Paper
How poor are the poor? Looking beyond the binary measure of income poverty
Iryna Kyzyma (LISER, Luxembourg)
Presentation  Paper
Inequality and poverty in Greece in the years of the great crisis
Eirini Andriopoulou and Alexandros Karakitsios (Athens University of Economics and Business and Council of Economic Advisors, Greece) and Panos Tsakloglou (Athens University of Economics and Business [Greece], IZA [Germany] and Hellenic Observatory [LSE, UK])
Presentation   Paper
Q/A
Discussant: Frank Vandenbroucke (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Presentation  
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20:00
Conference Dinner offered by LISER
Day 2 | Friday 20 April 2018
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08:30 - 09:30
Session 3: Housing
Chair: Emilio Di Meglio (European Commission, Eurostat)
All abstracts   All papers
Improving our knowledge of housing conditions at EU level (measurement issues)
Callum Clark and Ross Bowen (Statistics UK)
Presentation  Paper
Improving our knowledge of housing conditions at EU level (analytical issues)
Ida Borg (University of Stockholm, Sweden) and Anne-Catherine Guio (LISER, Luxembourg)
Presentation  Paper
Q/A
Discussant: Kristof Heylen (KULeuven University, Belgium)
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09:30 - 11:00
Session 4: Exploring new grounds
Chair: Eric Marlier (LISER, Luxembourg)
All abstracts   All papers
Enhancing precision of regional EU-SILC Indicators by Multi-Annual Average Approximation (AAA)
Matthias Till, Johannes Gussenbauer, Alexander Kowarik and Ilse Tischler (Statistics Austria)
Presentation  Paper
Excess mortality in the Europe 2020 AROPE target group (methodological guidelines)
Tobias Göllner, Johannes Klotz and Matthias Till (Statistics Austria), Rana Charafeddine, Stefaan Demarest and Françoise Renard (Scientific Institute of Public Health, Belgium)
Presentation  Paper
Income, consumption and wealth data integration – a household perspective
Sigita Grundiza (European Commission, Eurostat) and Pierre Lamarche (Statistics France)
Presentation  Paper
Q/A
Discussant: Rudi Van Dam (Indicators Sub-Group of the Social Protection Committee)
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11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
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11:30 - 13:00
Session 5: Material and social deprivation, Multidimensional poverty
Chair: Jean-Louis Mercy (European Commission, Eurostat)
All abstracts  All papers
Micro- and macro-drivers of child deprivation in 31 European countries
Anne-Catherine Guio and Eric Marlier (LISER, Luxembourg), Frank Vandenbroucke (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Pim Verbunt (KULeuven University, Belgium)
Presentation  Paper
Deprivation among couples: sharing or unequal division?
Anne-Catherine Guio (LISER, Luxembourg) and Karel Van den Bosch (University of Antwerp and Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium)
Presentation  Paper
A multidimensional poverty index for the EU?
Sabina Alkire (University of Oxford, UK), Mauricio Apablaza (Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile & University of Oxford, UK) and Anne-Catherine Guio (LISER, Luxembourg)
Paper
Q/A
Discussant: Brian Nolan (University of Oxford, UK)
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13:00 - 13:30
Session 6: Future developments of EU-SILC and Conference key messages
Chair: Anne-Catherine Guio (LISER, Luxembourg)
Future developments of EU-SILC
Agnieszka Litwinska (European Commission, Eurostat)
Presentation
Conference key messages
Brian Nolan (University of Oxford, UK)
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End of conference
VENUE
Megaron Athens International Conference Center
Vas. Sofias Ave. & Kokkali St. ,115 21 Athens
The Athens Concert Hall occupies a central location right in the heart of the city