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Measuring Poverty Dynamics with Synthetic Panels Based on Repeated Cross-Sections
Dang, Hai-Anh; Lanjouw, Peter F. - 2022
multiple rounds of cross-sectional data to study poverty mobility at the cohort level, we develop a procedure that works with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296571
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Data Scarcity and Poverty Measurement
Dang, Hai-Anh; Lanjouw, Peter F. - 2021
Measuring poverty trends and dynamics is an important undertaking for poverty reduction policies, which is further highlighted by the SDG goal 1 on eradicating poverty by 2030. We provide a broad overview of the pros and cons of poverty imputation in data-scarce environments, update recent...
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Partial Identification of Economic Mobility: With an Application to the United States
Millimet, Daniel L.; Li, Hao; Roychowdhury, Punarjit - 2019
The economic mobility of individuals and households is of fundamental interest. While many measures of economic … mobility exist, reliance on transition matrices remains pervasive due to simplicity and ease of interpretation. However … require data from more than two periods. In this paper, we investigate what can be learned about economic mobility as measured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984645
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The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality
Biewen, Martin - 2002
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the dynamics of equivalent income in Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the persistence of transitory shocks and their implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262791
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Measuring Economic Mobility in India Using Noisy Data: A Partial Identification Approach
Li, Hao; Millimet, Daniel L.; Roychowdhury, Punarjit - 2019
We examine economic mobility in India while rigorously accounting for measurement error. Such an analysis is imperative … methodology to newly available panel data on household consumption. We find overall mobility has been markedly low: at least 7 out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141142
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The Covariance Structure of East and West German Incomes and its Implications for the Persistence of Poverty and Inequality
Biewen, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the dynamics of equivalent income in Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the persistence of transitory shocks and their implications...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822659
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Household Income Mobility in India: 1993-2011
Azam, Mehtabul - 2016
Using nationally representative longitudinal survey, we examine the income mobility among rural (urban) Indian … households over 1993-2004 and 2004-2011 (2004-2011). We find mobility estimates that mirror the social hierarchy: Forward Hindu … Caste (FHC) households experienced the highest (lowest) upward (downward) mobility. Considerable gaps between FHC households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584623
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The Effect of Firm-Level Investment on Inequality and Poverty around the World
Tosun, Mehmet S.; Watson, Ethan D.; Yildiz, Serhat - 2022
This paper investigates the effect of firm-level investment on the levels of income inequality and poverty. Using a sample of firms from 87 countries for the period from 1979 to 2018, we document that firm-level investment is negatively associated with various measures of income inequality. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470443
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Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria: A Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty and Regional Heterogeneity
Chiwuzulum Odozi, John; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022
Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria over time. The disconnect between these findings and anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296581
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Person Equivalent Headcount Measures of Poverty
Castleman, Tony; Foster, James; Smith, Stephen C. - 2015
Headcount measures of poverty are by far the most common tools for evaluating poverty and gauging progress in global development goals. The headcount ratio, or the prevalence of poverty, and the headcount, or the number of the poor, both convey tangible information about poverty. But both ignore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401676