The analyses of the evolution of inequalities in Peru rely generally on the comparison, year by year, of static … the crucial question of whether poverty is a permanent characteristic of the same households or if it is a transitory … poverty and of non poverty between 1985 and 1996. The multinomial ordered probit econometric models explaining the probability …

The multidimensionality of poverty is now widely acknowledged. Some recent studies in developed countries show that … there is a weak correlation between the monetary poverty approach and the household's subjective perception of their well … reference comparison group? Finally, how much weights do have new poverty dimensions such as vulnerability and social or …

Peru, based on qualitative interviews realized by the author. It aims to contribute to the normative debate on social …

Despite the increasing awareness concerning the importance of distinguishing chronic and transient poverty for policy … making, cross-country comparative studies of poverty dynamics in developing countries are virtually non-existent. The small … differences among them. Crucial questions are still unanswered. Are the factors associated with chronic poverty and vulnerability …

How has poverty changed during the 1997-99 period, when the Peruvian economic performance deteriorated seriously under …-section comparisons of poverty indicators. In this paper we extend the analysis first by examining the robustness of these kind of … comparisons by considering sampling errors and stochastic dominance and second, by analyzing poverty transitions for households …

Because of the lack of panel data there have been few studies on poverty dynamics in developing countries. Furthermore … objective is to identify the general and specific characteristics of chronic and transient poverty. We measure the importance of … poverty transitions, as well as the characteristics of the temporarily and the chronically poor, with respect to those of non …

analysing the effect of social origin on occupational mobility in Peru. It describes occupational mobility in Peru as a useful …

people in Peru, by analysing the role played by aspirations in the investment in education of indigenous children. To address …

significantly change the Gini coefficient in nearly any of the counterfactual scenarios. However, migration reduced poverty by 40 … per- cent, with different effects across regions for extreme poverty. Foreign transfers, especially foreign pensions, have …