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Multidimensional and Fuzzy Measures of Poverty and Inequality at National and Regional Level in Mozambique
Salvucci, Vincenzo; Betti, Gianni; Gagliardi, Francesca - Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Statistics, … - 2012
This study provides a step-by-step account of how fuzzy measures of non-monetary deprivation and also monetary poverty … complete mapping of poverty in Mozambique. Monetary and non-monetary deprivation seem to have very different distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010559932
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Multidimensional economic well-being. Is it measurable? The case of Lombardy
Brugnoli, Alberto; Folloni, Giuseppe; Modena, Francesca - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2009
The definition and measurement of economic well-being is receiving growing attention, both in academic research and policy agenda, as a key issue to provide a solid basis for decision-making at all levels, both national and local. There is general agreement among economists and policy-makers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643420
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Using Efficiency Analysis to Measure Individual Well-Being with an Illustration for Catalonia
Ramos, Xavi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper shows how distance functions, a tool typically employed in production economics to measure the distance between a set of inputs and a set of outputs, can be employed to approximate a composite measure encompassing the many dimensions of well-being. It also illustrates how to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703024
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Income, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Deaton, Angus - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2008
The great promise of surveys in which people report their own level of life satisfaction is that such surveys might provide a straightforward and easily collected measure of individual or national well-being that aggregates over the various components of well-being, such as economic status,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150055
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Income, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Deaton, Angus - Center for Health and Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School … - 2008
The great promise of surveys in which people report their own level of life satisfaction is that such surveys might provide a straightforward and easily collected measure of individual or national well-being that aggregates over the various components of well-being, such as economic status,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558597
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Relative deprivation and individual well-being
Chen, Xi - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) April, pp. 1-10
poverty despite striking reductions in absolute poverty. The effects of relative deprivation explain why average happiness has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240764
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Does Aid Work for the Poor?
McGillivray, Mark; Fielding, David; Torres, Sebastian; … - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2011
This paper econometrically examines the impact of aid on the well-being of population sub-groups within 48 developing countries. This is a radical departure from previous empirical research of aid effectiveness at the country level, which has looked mainly at the relationship between aid and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552483
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Poverty in the Russian Federation
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper is intended to shed light on the extent of poverty in the Russian Federation. We present estimates of … poverty lines and poverty ratios derived from subjective questions used in a during data collection for a large household … panel (RUSSET). We estimate poverty using a subjective approach, where the level of the poverty line is derived using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762394
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Personal Assessments of Minimum Income and Expenses: What Do They Tell Us about 'Minimum Living' Thresholds and Equivalence Scales?
Garner, Thesia I.; Short, Kathleen - Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor - 2005
household thresholds. MIQ thresholds are higher than MSQ thresholds. Both are higher than U.S. official poverty thresholds, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063039
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Economic Well-Being Based on Income, Consumer Expenditures and Personal Assessments of Minimal Needs
Garner, Thesia I.; Short, Kathleen - Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor - 2005
comparisons are based on CE data. Results using official poverty thresholds are shown for comparison. This is among the earliest … considered minimum or basic. Results reveal that CE and SIPP MIQ thresholds are higher than MSQ thresholds, and resulting poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005063059