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Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries
Battiston, Diego; Cruces, Guillermo; López-Calva, Luis F. - 2009
This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil … reduction in multidimensional poverty, while in urban Argentina the estimates did not change significantly. El Salvador, Brazil … areas of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In all countries, access to proper sanitation and education of the household head are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003895801
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Assessing the Predictive Power of Vulnerability Measures:Evidence from Panel Data for Argentina and Chile
Bergolo, Marcelo; Cruces, Guillermo; Ham, Andrés - In: Journal of Income Distribution 21 (2012) 1, pp. 28-64
micro levels based on short and long term panel data for Argentina and Chile. It then compares their performance to that of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010711991
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Poverty, Inequality, and Segregation in the Metropolitan Region of Chile (Pobreza, Desigualdad Y Segregación en La Región Metropolitana)
Agostini, Claudio A. - 2010
In general, there seems to be a basic consensus on how to measure poverty and inequality. For this reason there is a general agreement with respect to their levels and evolution over time, with respect to Chile and also to the city of Santiago. However, there is no such agreement with respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143473
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The impact of income adjustments in the CASEN survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile
Bravo, David; Valderrama Torres, José A. - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 43-65
The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289501
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The impact of income adjustments in the CASEN survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile
Bravo, David; Valderrama Torres, José A. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 43-65
The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009310748
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Public Finance, Governance, and Cash Transfers in Alleviating Poverty and Inequality in Chile
Agostini, Claudio A. - 2009
As the Chilean government seeks to reduce both poverty and inequality through cash transfers to poor households, local governments are responsible for both identifying the poor and allocating transfers. Until recently, however, evaluating the effectiveness of local governments in enacting these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153469
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The Impact of Income Adjustments in the Casen Survey on The Measurement of Inequality in Chile
Bravo, David - 2020
The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857416
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The impact of income adjustments in the Casen Survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile
Bravo, David; Torres, José A. Valderrama - In: Estudios de Economia 38, 1 Year 2011, pp. 43-65
The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216666
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Poverty and Inequality among Ethnic Groups in Chile
Agostini, Claudio A.; Brown, Phil; Roman, Andrei - 2008
Despite two decades of rapid growth, indigenous Chileans are disproportionately poor. However, income data obtained from household surveys that are not representative by ethnicity yield imprecise estimates of poverty and inequality for these groups. This paper therefore estimates poverty and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217637
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Inequality at Low Levels of Aggregation in Chile
Agostini, Claudio A.; Brown, Phil - 2007
Despite success in reducing poverty over the last twenty years, inequality in Chile has remained virtually unchanged, making Chile one of the least equal countries in the world. High levels of inequality have been shown to hamper further reductions in poverty as well as economic growth, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224751