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, including monetary poverty and inequality. The paper argues that the country has moved in the right direction by implementing a …
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This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil … and Chile experienced significant reductions of multidimensional poverty. In contrast, in urban Uruguay there was a small … reduction in multidimensional poverty, while in urban Argentina the estimates did not change significantly. El Salvador, Brazil …
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This paper documents the impact of Argentina's recent economic crises on different aspects of poverty, with a special … focus on the economic collapse of 2002. We discuss the methodology of poverty measurement in Argentina and we use a simple … rule to compensate for the lack of regional poverty figures until 2001, providing consistent series of urban poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005151128
This paper shows how to take into account risk aversion when measuring poverty under income variability. An application … to British panel data suggests that income and poverty comparisons between the self-employed and other groups of … order to account for risk aversion and income variability in the measurement of poverty. …
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This paper shows how to take into account risk aversion when measuring poverty under income variability. An application … to British panel data suggests that income and poverty comparisons between the self-employed and other groups of … order to account for risk aversion and income variability in the measurement of poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046318
This paper studies poverty as a dynamic phenomenon, motivated by the recurring economic crises that affect developing … still lack a unified framework. Echoing Atkinson (1987), this paper addresses the question of how poverty should be measured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408367
This paper documents the impact of Argentina's recent economic crises on different aspects of poverty, with a special … focus on the economic collapse of 2002. We discuss the methodology of poverty measurement in Argentina and we use a simple … rule to compensate for the lack of regional poverty figures until 2001, providing consistent series of urban poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745880
-adjusted income and poverty measures and to analyze their determinants. Taking risk into account increases poverty. The regression …
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This article carries out a validation exercise of vulnerability measures as predictors of poverty at the aggregate and … deprivation indicators. The main findings indicate that while vulnerability measures are good predictors of poverty in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711991
Individual perceptions of income distribution play a vital role in political economy and public finance models, yet there is little evidence regarding their origins or accuracy. This study examines how individuals form these perceptions and posits that systematic biases arise from the...
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