Exploring Social Exclusion in the European Union, a Quantitative Approach

• Authors: Roman Gavuliak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Social exclusion is a widely debated issue. Its definitions and perceptions vary. Within the paper we identify the underlying factors of social exclusion within the EUfor years 2005-2009 through the use of factor analysis. These factors are as such immeasurable by common indicators. Through factor scores we compare the severity of these factors in each EU 27 and suggest five categories of types of social exclusion.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 59-70

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-03-08

Contributors

author

Roman Gavuliak

• Ing., University of Economics in Bratislava

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10103-012-0026-6