2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418389The paper describes the main methodological issues underlying the estimation of poverty rates for Croatia. Volume one focuses on the construction of the consumption aggregate as a summary measure of living standards which is the summary measure used to proxy living standards. Special attention is devoted to the estimation of the consumption flow from durable goods. Volume two focuses on the estimation of the (absolute) poverty line. Both elements are at the core of the poverty measurement exercises carried out in two companion papers in this volume. This paper is organized into three sections with the first dealing with the construction of the consumption aggregate. The second section describes the choice of the equivalence scale used to adjust the consumption aggregate for differences in household composition, and the third section details the procedure used to estimate the poverty line.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/World BankABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE POVERTY LINEACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIESAGE GROUPAGE GROUPSALCOHOLICCHANGES IN POVERTYCONSUMER GOODSCONSUMER PRICECONSUMER PRICE INDICESCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION FUNCTIONCONSUMPTION POVERTYDETERMINANTS OF POVERTYDIETDISPOSABLE INCOMEDURABLE GOODDURABLE GOODSEARNINGECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC STRUCTUREEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYEMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATIONEMPLOYMENT STATUSEXPENDITUREFAMILY MEMBERSFIRM SIZEFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD SHAREGDPGDP PER CAPITAGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITAGROSS VALUEGROWTH RATEHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYINFLATIONINFLATION RATESINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTJOB CREATIONLABOR COSTLABOR COSTSLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENTLABOR MARKET INDICATORSLABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONSLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCELABOR MARKET POLICIESLABOR MARKET POLICYLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOURLABOUR FORCELARGE CITIESLIVING STANDARDSLONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENTMARKET DEVELOPMENTSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL LEVELSOWNERSHIP STRUCTUREPASSIVE LABORPENSION INCOMEPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPERMANENT EMPLOYMENTPOPULATION GROUPSPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY COMPARISONSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY RISKPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE TRANSFERSPRODUCTION WORKERREAL GDPREGIONAL EQUITYREGIONAL INEQUALITIESSALESSCHOOLINGSOCIAL WELFARESTOCKSTEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTTOTAL EMPLOYMENTTURNOVERUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESURBANIZATIONVALUE ADDED