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Chronic and transient poverty: measurement and estimation, with evidence from China
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Araar, Abdelkrim; Giles, John - 2006
The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide corrections for the statistical biases introduced when using a small number of periods to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267574
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Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Araar, Abdelkrim; Giles, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide corrections for the statistical biases introduced when using a small number of periods to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763836
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Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Araar, Abdelkrim; Giles, John - Centre Interuniversitaire sur le Risque, les Politiques … - 2006
The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide corrections for the statistical biases introduced when using a small number of periods to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005795983
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Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Araaryand, Abdelkrim; Giles, John - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2006
The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide corrections for the statistical biases introduced when using a small number of periods to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413389
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Income and consumption inequality in China: A comparative approach with India
Gradín, Carlos; Wu, Binbin - 2019
We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries … expenditure in India, especially at the top of the distribution. Both types of inequality are similar in China, although … and levels between the two wellbeing distributions. As a result, expenditure inequality is higher in China than in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146542
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Family-type subsistence incomes
Koulovatianos, Christos (contributor);  … - 2006
. Conducting our survey in six countries, Germany, France, Cyprus, China, India and Botswana, we provide evidence that fixed costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003315161
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Reference groups and the poverty line : an axiomatic approach with an empirical illustration
Chakravarty, Satya R.; Chattopadhyay, Nachiketa; … - 2015
India. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462538
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Inflation and Income Inequality : Is Food Inflation Different?
Walsh, James P. - 2015
There is an extensive literature noting that high inflation can add to income inequality, and a parallel literature assessing the effect of rising food prices on the poor. This paper attempts to combine these strands by dividing inflation into food and nonfood inflation and assessing whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036638
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Different faces of inequality across Asia : decomposition of income gaps across demographic Groups
Hlasny, Vladimir - 2017
) (2002); India (2004); Japan (2008); Republic of Korea (2006); the Russian Federation (2004, 2007, and 2010); and Taipei … India and the PRC have high levels. The Russian Federation has a medium degree of inequality, sluggishly improving over time …. Rural/urban income gaps are evident across all evaluated countries, but they are particularly high in the PRC, India, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615561
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Income and consumption inequality in China : a comparative approach with India
Gradín, Carlos; Wu, Binbin - 2019
We analyse income and expenditure distribution in China in a comparative perspective with India. These countries … expenditure in India, especially at the top of the distribution. Both types of inequality are similar in China, although … and levels between the two wellbeing distributions. As a result, expenditure inequality is higher in China than in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098401