Adequate Income in Portugal
Project title
Adequate Income in Portugal
Project reference
PTDC/CS-SOC/123093/2010
Start and end dates
16/01/2012 to 15/10/2014
Funder
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Chief Investigator
Dr José Pereirinha (GHES/ISEG/ULisboa)
Research team
| Researcher Name | Institutional AFiliation |
| José Pereirinha | GHES-ISEG-ULisboa |
| Elvira Pereira | CAPP-ISCSP-ULisboa |
| Francisco Branco | CESSS-FCH-UCP |
| Dália Costa | CAPP-ISCSP-ULisboa |
| Francisco Nunes | UECE-ISEG-ULisboa |
| Inês Amaro | CESSS-FCH-UCP |
| Anabela Correia | CAPP-ISCSP-ULisboa |
| Margarida Ferreira | CAPP-ISCSP-ULisboa |
| Brisa Jara | CESSS-FCH-UCP |
| Susana Brissos | GHES-ISEG-ULisboa |
Partners
| Partner |
Institution |
| ISEG | Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão |
| ISCSP | Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas |
| UCP | Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| EAPN Portugal | European Anti-Poverty Network |
Consultores
| Name |
Institutional Filiation |
| Abigail Davis |
Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) |
| Donald Hirsch |
Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) |
| Eduarda Ribeiro |
Ministério do Trabalho e da Solidariedade Social |
| John Veit-Wilson |
Newcastle University |
| Manuela Silva |
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão |
| Noel Smith |
Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) |
Summary
Adequacy, understood as sufficient resources to support a certain minimally-acceptable level of living, is becoming a central concept in the European policy debate: several international and European commitments recognize the right for all to have an adequate level of resources to lead a decent and dignifying standard of living and the need for an adequate income support for those who lack sufficient resources. This research project intends to contribute to this goal by developing a standard which will answer the question “What level of income is needed to allow an acceptable standard of living in Portugal?”
This research project will combine the ‘consensual budget standards’ with the ‘expert budget standards’ approach to estimate an adequate level of income (poverty threshold), replicating, with the required adaptation to Portugal, the methodology to determine a Minimum Income Standard for the UK, developed in partnership between Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University and the Family Budget Unit at York University.
The expected outputs of this research are: a) a methodology to construct reference budgets and estimate an adequate level of income well adapted to the Portuguese reality, based upon a consensual approach with a sound scientific support; b) a methodology for annual updating of the income standard; c) an estimation of the adequate level of income for different household types in Portugal; d) an assessment of poverty in Portugal and of the social policies designed to combat it, using the estimated standard; e) to investigate the historical context of the results of such research.