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DEFINING POVERTY LINES AS A FRACTION OFCENTRAL TENDENCY
Muller, Christophe - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2000
measured by the Gini coeffcient isconstant, dening the poverty line as a fraction of a central tendency of theliving standard … distribution restricts the evolution of the poverty measuresto be stable... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869058
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THE WATTS’ POVERTY INDEXWITH EXPLICIT PRICE VARIABILITY
Muller, Christophe - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 1998
We derive an explicit formula of the Watts’ poverty index, in terms of parametersof bivariate lognormal distributions … prices and nominal living standards in poverty; interpret the e¤ects on povertyof changes in price distributions; estimate … poverty when only means and variancesof price indices and nominal living standards are known.Using data from peasants in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522206
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Sweden´s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in theRoller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and aHalf of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance
Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This study analyses the development of the economic well-being of the elderly in Swedensince 1990 - a period characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income Survey. The elderly werenot isolated as pensions were cut,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860764
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Determinants of Poverty during Transition:Household Survey Evidence from Ukraine
Brück, Tilman; Danzer, Alexander M.; Muravyev, Alexander; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The paper analyzes the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty inUkraine during transition … various poverty lines... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861147
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Overcrowding in British Cities in 1904
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper presents an analysis of housing conditions amongst the British urban workingclass in 1904, using a re-discovered survey.1 We investigate overcrowding and we find majorregional differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861199
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THE PROPERTIESOF THE WATTS’ POVERTY INDEXUNDER LOGNORMALITY
Muller, Christophe - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 1998
investigate properties of poverty indices.The method we propose is to exploit credible distributional assumptions to …: generateadditional properties for poverty indices; relate the latters to the incidenceof poverty and to an inequality index; enrich the … sensibility analysis of povertyindices; derive new families of relative poverty lines...derived. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869191
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THE WATTS’ POVERTY INDEXWITH EXPLICIT PRICE VARIABILITY
Muller, Christophe - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 1998
We derive an explicit formula of the Watts’ poverty index, in terms of parametersof bivariate lognormal distributions … prices and nominal living standards in poverty; interpret the e¤ects on povertyof changes in price distributions; estimate … poverty when only means and variancesof price indices and nominal living standards are known.Using data from peasants in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869195