Similar Search Results

Differences in inequality measurement : Ghana case study

Atta-Ankomah, Richmond; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica; Osei, … - 2023

Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently used in Ghana, have become useful in providing quantitative measures of welfare distribution that enable a better understanding of the extent and nature of inequality. From these...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014314684

Rethinking the measurement of the middle class : evidence from Egypt

Abu-Ismail, Khalid; Sarangi, Niranjan - 2015

The degree of choice households have over their consumption expenditure is critical in deciding their economic class. Applying our measure to Egyptian household budget surveys, we estimate the population size of the middle class in Egypt and assess their well-being in the period 1995-2011. Our...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479967

Poverty mapping based on first order dominance with an example from Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Salvucci, Vincenzo; … - 2015

We explore a novel first order dominance (FOD) approach to poverty mapping and compare its properties to small area estimation. The FOD approach uses census data directly; is straightforward to implement; is multidimensional allowing for a broad conception of welfare; and accounts rigorously for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379419

Poverty and welfare measurement on the basis of prospect theory

Jäntti, Markus; Kanbur, Ravi; Nyyssölä, Milla; … - 2012

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have …-dependence, loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity - aspects emphasized in prospect theory - to social welfare measurement. We …. -- prospect theory ; poverty ; inequality ; welfare measurement ; vulnerability …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009691049

Mozambique : off-track or temporarily sidelined?

Arndt, Channing; Jones, E. Samuel; Tarp, Finn - 2015

Since 1994, a great deal has been accomplished. We argue that poverty reduction was temporarily sidelined in the 2000s. A series of shocks, especially the fuel and food price crisis of 2008, combined with poor productivity growth in agriculture and a weather shock, undermined progress in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010511245

Multidimensional poverty in Nigeria : first order dominance approach

Ajakaiye, Olu; Jerome, Afeikhena T.; Olaniyan, Olanrewaju; … - 2014

This study appraises non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the novel first order dominance approach developed by Arndt et al. (2012). It examines five dimensions of deprivation: education, water, sanitation, shelter, and energy-using comparable datasets, the Nigeria Demographic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424257

Growth and inequality in the distribution of India's consumption expenditure 1983 to 2009-10

Subramanian, Sreenivasan; Jayaraj, Dhairiyarayar - 2015

This paper undertakes an assessment of the evolution of inequality in the distribution of consumption expenditure in India over the last quarter-century, from 1983 to 2009-10, employing data available in the quinquennial 'thick' surveys of the National Sample Survey Office. We find that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484907

Utility-consistent poverty in Ethiopia, 2000 - 11 : welfare improvements in a changing economic landscape

Stifel, David; Woldehanna, Tassew - 2014

We use Arndt and Simler's utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in Ethiopia in 2000, 2005, and 2011. Poverty reduction was steady but uneven, with gains greatest in urban areas in the first half of the decade, and in rural areas in the latter half. Other...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410768

Utility-consistent Poverty in Madagascar, 2001 - 10 : snapshots in the presence of multiple economy-wide shocks

Stifel, David; Razafimanantena, Tiaray; Rakotomanana, Faly - 2014

We use Arndt and Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in Madagascar in 2001, 2005 and 2010. Because two major political crises occurred between the survey periods, the snapshots of national poverty rising from 56.3 per cent in 2001 to 59.6...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410809

Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries

Beck, Ulrik - 2015

This paper investigates how two effects drive wedges between nominal and real inequality estimates. The effects are caused by (i) differences in the composition of consumption over the income distribution coupled with differential inflation of consumption items; and (ii) quantity discounting...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411136

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last