incidence analysis suggests that increased spending on social assistance enhances the probability of moving out of poverty and … reduces the probability of moving into poverty. However, double difference estimates (based on a mimicked randomized … household welfare or reduce poverty. Double difference estimates point to a negative impact on welfare. Parametric estimates do …

Analysts of the poverty phenomenon in Pakistan encounter a major problem in analysing the trends in poverty, as no …-term series by estimating a series of caloric poverty estimates from 1990-91 to 2001 based on a consistent methodology and the … large HIES/PIHS databases. The paper provides a review of past studies on poverty. It points out major methodological …