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(economics) A level of income, above the poverty line, but not high enough to cope with economic shocks.

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Micawber threshold

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Micawber threshold

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(economics) A level of income, above the poverty line, but not high enough to cope with economic shocks.

Japanese Meaning

経済ショックに対処するには十分な余裕がないが、貧困線を上回る一定の収入水準 / 貧困ラインより上位でありながら、経済的衝撃に耐えうるレベルには達していない収入レベル

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多くの家庭は、かろうじて貧困線を上回るが経済的なショックに耐えられない脆弱な所得水準で生活しており、貧困は免れても予期せぬ出費には対応できません。

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(economics) A level of income, above the poverty line, but not high enough to cope with economic shocks.

As for the moderate poverty line, the existence of positive expected net savings capacity is in a sense a Micawber threshold [Dickens 1849-50, ch. 14], separating accumulation from decumulation of the present value of a person's human and physical capital stock.

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