期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
印刷版ISSN：1899-5241
电子版ISSN：1899-5772
出版年度：2018
卷号：50
期号：4
页码：355-365
DOI：10.17306/J.JARD.2018.00442
出版社：Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
摘要：The purpose of this paper is to assess changes in
the risk of poverty in European Union Member States and the
extent of poverty in rural areas and farming households after
Poland’s accession to the EU. The above aspect was considered
against the background of urban residents and other socioeconomic
groups of households. The study was based on
EU-SILC, Eurostat and CSO data. For a comparative assessment
across EU countries, the poverty and/or social exclusion
risk index was used. For a comparative assessment of rural
and urban areas, the following basic poverty thresholds (as estimated
by the Central Statistical Office), were used: extreme
poverty (subsistence minimum), relative poverty and statutory
poverty. Despite the high level of socioeconomic development
in the European Union, the risk of poverty or social exclusion
is widespread and varies strongly across countries, regions
and social groups. In Poland, rural areas are more affected by
poverty than urban areas, mainly because rural households
have lower incomes than urban households. The risk of poverty
in the EU has declined. After the accession to the EU,
Poland has experienced a decrease in the extent of poverty.
This positive change was the combined result of many factors,
mainly including an increase in incomes of the farming and
rural population. In Poland, income disparities between rural
and urban residents and between farm and landless families
have decreased. Reducing poverty and social exclusion is one
of the most important goals of the EU social policy.
