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This study appraises non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the novel first order dominance approach …/04 for state analysis. The results are quite robust and lend support to the general view that poverty in Nigeria has not kept …-income poverty. There was a marginal change of -0.21 in the percentage of the population experiencing acute deprivation between 1999 …
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In order to understand whether a reduction in overall poverty has improved the situations of the poorest, it is crucial … stringent multidimensional poverty: one uses a more stringent vector of deprivation cutoffs, and the other, a more stringent … cross-dimensional poverty cutoff. To explore the distinction between these two approaches empirically, we examine the …
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We contribute to the literature on trends in living standards in Tanzania by analysing child welfare using two multi-dimensional approaches, first-order dominance (FOD) and Alkire-Foster (AF). Between 1991/92 and 2010, remarkably similar area rankings emerge that suggest a widening gap between...
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2010 Census of Population and Housing data has generated information on the poverty status of provinces and districts in … the districts according to their poverty status. It is expected that this paper will contribute to fine-tuning geographic … poverty targeting efforts in Zambia. The rationale is that with the availability of such analysis, it will be possible to make …
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multidimensional poverty in Zambia in 1996, 2006, and 2010. In addition to evaluating welfare across time and space, we extend the … detailed perspective on the evolution of rural poverty. Finally, we consider the sensitivity of FOD results to indicator …
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affect poverty assessments and poverty lines. We address the disadvantage that poor households may suffer due to their …, as it seems to have a substantial quantitative impact on the measurement of poverty. We also suggest that future research … poverty and may guide anti‐poverty policies. …
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considerations, axiomatic research on poverty and deprivation, and previous empirical research on social exclusion and subjective … deprivation and income poverty. Moreover, regression techniques reveal deprivation in social participation to reduce life …
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This paper offers a first empirical investigation of how labor taxation (income and payroll taxes) affects individuals' well-being. For identification, we exploit exogenous variation in tax rules over time and across demographic groups using 26 years of German panel data. We find that the tax...
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-being, poverty, growth or aid effectiveness. However, there has been little empirical analysis that tests these relationships …
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