distribution of the poor and non poor households is then explored by construction of a poverty segregation curve across efficiency … zones. Robust poverty comparisons across the efficient and inefficient groups reveal that poverty is in fact higher for the …

The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …

The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …

The paper proposes a simple framework for the evaluation of anti-poverty programs based on single means differences …, FGT poverty measures and stochastic dominance theory. A Treatment Effect Curve (TEC) is derived and its use illustrated …

-specific region wise Engel curves. Given the problem of unavailability of official district level poverty lines, the same are … estimated by multiplying the official state level poverty line by the district level price indices estimated taking state as the … base region. The poverty measures adjusted for the district level poverty lines, give a clearer picture for the spatial …