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Welfare measurement and poverty targeting based on participatory wealth rankings
Wiegand, Martin - 2020
aim to reflect local perceptions of poverty. This paper demonstrates how such a measure can be constructed, using data … from a field experiment on poverty targeting in Indonesia. It then explores the potential impact of using this welfare … used as a meaningful basis for targeting and poverty measurement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404170
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Welfare in village and towns : micro-measurement of poverty and inequality
Elbers, Chris; Lanjouw, Jean Olson; Lanjouw, Peter - 2000
We construct and derive the properties of an estimator of welfarewhich takes advantage of the detailed nature of information about living standards available in small household surveys and the comprehensive coverage of a census. By combining the strengths of each, our estimator can be used at a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303309
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The ABC of housing strategies : are housing assistance programs effective in enhancing children's well being?
Rosero, José - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191006
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The construction and interpretation of combined cross-section and time-series inequality datasets
Francois, Joseph F.; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo - 2005
estimate the entire income distribution; computing alternativeinequality indexes and poverty estimates. Finally, we have used … our broad1y comparabledataset to examine international patterns of inequality and poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346482
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Perspectives from the happiness literature and the role of new instruments for policy analysis
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2007
After having been ignored for a long time by economists, happiness is becoming an object of serious research in 21st century economics. In Section 2 we sketch the present status of happiness economics. In Section 3 we consider the practical applicability of happiness economics, retaining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372500
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Abolishing GDP
Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007
Expectations and information about the growth of GDP per capita have a large influence on decisions made by private and public economic agents. It will be argued here that GDP (per capita) is far from a robust indicator of social welfare, and that its use as such must be regarded as a serious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372528
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Flexible mixture-amount models for business and industry using Gaussian processes
Ruseckaite, Aiste; Fok, Dennis; Goos, Peter - 2016
Many products and services can be described as mixtures of ingredients whose proportions sum to one. Specialized models have been developed for linking the mixture proportions to outcome variables, such as preference, quality and liking. In many scenarios, only the mixture proportions matter for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531150
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A Bayesian infinite hidden Markov vector autoregressive model
Nibbering, Didier; Paap, Richard; Wel, Michel van der - 2016
We propose a Bayesian infinite hidden Markov model to estimate time- varying parameters in a vector autoregressive model. The Markov structure allows for heterogeneity over time while accounting for state-persistence. By modelling the transition distribution as a Dirichlet process mixture model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011569148
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The impact of cash transfers on school enrollment : evidence from Ecuador
Oosterbeek, Hessel; Ponce, Juan; Schady, Norbert Rüdiger - 2008 - This version: February 2008
quintile of the poverty index and of a regression discontinuity design for families around the second quintile of this index … methods, and to investigate whether the impact varies with families' poverty level. Around the first quintile of the poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374405
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Can provision of free school uniforms harm attendance? : evidence from Ecuador
Hidalgo, Diana; Onofa, Mercedes; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - 2010
To raise school attendance, many programs in developing countries eliminate orreduce private contributions to education. This paper documents an unintendednegative effect of such programs. Using data from a randomized experiment thatprovides free uniforms to primary school children in Ecuador,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382046