Decent Living Standards: Material Prerequisites for Human Wellbeing

被引:225
作者
Rao, Narasimha D. [1 ]
Min, Jihoon [1 ]
机构
[1] IIASA, Schlosspl 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Decent living; Multidimensional Poverty; Human wellbeing; Human development; Reference budget; Fair wage; ENERGY JUSTICE; WORLD; POVERTY; DIMENSIONS;
D O I
10.1007/s11205-017-1650-0
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
030301 [社会学];
摘要
We define a set of universal, irreducible and essential set of material conditions for achieving basic human wellbeing, along with indicators and quantitative thresholds, which can be operationalized for societies based on local customs and preferences. We draw support for this decent living standard (DLS) from different accounts of basic justice, including the capability approach and basic needs. The DLS goes beyond existing multidimensional poverty indicators by comprehensively addressing living conditions and the means of social participation. The DLS offers a normative basis to develop minimum wage and reference budgets, and to assess the environmental impacts, such as climate change, of eradicating poverty.
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页码:225 / 244
页数:20
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