This study tests the null hypothesis that it is sufficient to interview only the household head to obtain accurate … information on household income. The results show that using a husband's estimate of his wife's income does not produce … statistically reliable results for poverty analysis. Estimates of the wife's income separately provided by the husband and wife …

The Pakistan Strategy Support Program (PSSP) conducted this Rural Household Panel Survey (RHPS) during March-April 2012 …

Using the case of Zambia, this paper examines whether structural change translates into reduced poverty and improved …

"This paper addresses the potential effects of a world agricultural trade liberalization scenario on poverty and … Brazil, tailored for income distribution and poverty analysis. The model distinguishes 10 different labor types and 270 … different household expenditure patterns. Income can originate from 41 different production activities (which produce 52 …

roles do education and the migration of household members play in lifting people out of poverty and in improving income … reduce the wide differences in income earned, so that the number of people living below the poverty line can be reduced? What … inequality and poverty in developing countries. These studies help policymakers understand the root causes of income inequality …

This report presents the results of household data collected during the Rural Household Panel Survey (2012). The … household survey collected information on a large number of topics, such as education, nature of employment, sources of income … presented in this report, provides an important baseline for understanding rural poverty. Most of the results of the RHPS-2012 …

"Monitoring rural household income is important for governments, donors, nongovernmental organizations, researchers …, and others involved with development strategies, because increasing rural household income is a primary objective for … achieving many development goals, including reducing poverty, hunger, and food and nutrition insecurity. However, accurate …

improve their livelihood and reduce rural poverty. We use three waves of a primary panel survey at the household level … input uses and affects rural poverty. Our results show that access to roads is strongly associated with specialization in … fertilizer, and invest more money in labor. In combination with such factors, road connections improve household agricultural …