household and thus are likely to lead to yield a biased assessment of individual poverty, and poverty by age or gender. In this … priori. We then use data from the 2012 Indian Human Development Survey to create a standard household-based MPIs closely … higher when using the household-based measure. Similarly, the age differentials in poverty are much larger using the …

household and thus yield a biased assessment of individual poverty and poverty by age or gender. In this paper we first show … data from the 2012 Indian Human Development Survey to create a standard household-based MPIs closely related to the MPI … household-based measure. Similarly, the age differentials in poverty are much larger using the individual-based measure. Using a …

household and thus are likely to lead to yield a biased assessment of individual poverty, and poverty by age or gender. In this … priori. We then use data from the 2012 Indian Human Development Survey to create a standard household-based MPIs closely … higher when using the household-based measure. Similarly, the age differentials in poverty are much larger using the …

, meaning that multidimensional poverty status of the household is equated with the multidimensional poverty status of all … individuals in the household. This assumption, nonetheless, overlooks important within-household features and ignores the intra-household …

, meaning that multidimensional poverty status of the household is equated with the multidimensional poverty status of all … individuals in the household. This assumption, nonetheless, overlooks important within-household features and ignores the intra-household …

Most existing multidimensional poverty measures use the household as the unit of analysis so that the multidimensional … poverty condition of the household is equated with the multidimensional poverty condition of all its members. For this reason …, household-based poverty measures ignore the intra-household inequalities and are gender-insensitive. Gender equality, however …

well as how negative short-term income shocks on household affect the calorie consumption of individuals and how these … changes affect food poverty. We illustrate our approach using household survey data from Malawi and Uganda. We find that food …

addressed are; the role of the household in allocating resources, the question of stocks versus flows, as well as significant …

world using a novel regional level panel dataset created by matching Demographic and Health Surveys and Household Income … subsistence agriculture to more skill-intensive services, accompanied by an increase in human capital accumulation, is a key …

. We create a unique panel data set combining Demographic and Health Surveys, Household Income Surveys, and nighttime light … household wealth, reduced child mortality, and female basic education are crucial for fertility reductions. Yet, our analysis …