Risk-adjusted poverty in Argentina: measurement and determinants

Relying on a Constant Relative Risk Aversion utility function, we use panel data for Argentina to compute risk-adjusted income and poverty measures and to analyze their determinants. Taking risk into account increases poverty. The regression analysis suggests that many household characteristics are correlated not only with the average income of the household over time, but also with income variability.

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Year of publication:	2003-09
Authors:	Cruces, Guillermo ; Wodon, Quentin
Institutions:	London School of Economics (LSE)
Subject:	Risk \| Poverty \| Argentina

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	LSE Research Online Documents on Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series DARP, 72 29 pages
Classification:	I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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