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survey (HBS) data show only a modest and statistically insignificant decline in poverty between 1992 and 2001. To assess the … likely trajectory of poverty rates over the course of the period, changes in poverty are simulated using unit-record HBS data … distributional changes observed between the two household surveys. The simulations suggest that following increases in poverty during …
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When average incomes rise, the average incomes of the poorest fifth of society rise proportionately. This holds across regions, periods, income levels, and growth rates. But relatively little is known about the broad forces that account for the variations across countries and across time in the...
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"Recent literature and new data help determine plausible bounds to some key demographic differences between the poor and non-poor in the developing world. The author estimates that selective mortality-whereby poorer people tend to have higher death rates-accounts for 10-30 percent of the...
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