Poverty Elasticity- a New Empirical Approach
This note proposes a nonparametric estimation method controlled for endogeneity to calculate poverty elasticities for a panel of countries. Results show that usual estimates without control for endogeneity overestimate the growth elasticity of poverty.
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2012
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Authors: | Figueiredo, Erik Alencar de ; Laurini, Márcio P. |
Institutions: | Departamento de Economia, Centro de Ciências Socais Aplicadas |
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