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Poverty and nutrition : a case study of rural households in Thailand and Viet Nam
Waibel, Hermann; Hohfeld, Lena - 2016
In this paper, we analyze the link between nutrition and poverty in two Asian countries where monetary-based poverty … (underweight vs. non-underweight). We find that poverty and income influence nutrition outcomes, but other factors such as mother …'s height, education, migration and sanitation also affect nutrition. Coefficients of respective variables differ by poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576825
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Unequal households or communities? : explaining nutritional inequality in South Asia
Brown, Caitlin; Kandpal, Eeshani; Lee, Jean; Williams, … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014450510
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Declining nutient intake in a growing China : does household heterogeneity matter?
You, Jing; Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav - 2015 - Rev. ed.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326190
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Differences across countries and time in household expenditure patterns : implications for the estimation of equivalence scales
Daley, Angela; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Phipps, Shelly; … - In: International review of applied economics 34 (2020) 6, pp. 734-757
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Differences across place and time in household expenditure patterns : implications for the estimation of equivalence scales
Daley, Angela; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Phipps, Shelley A.; … - 2020
Equivalence scales are often used to adjust household income for differences in characteristics that affect needs. For example, a family of two is assumed to need more income than a single person, but not double due to economies of scale in consumption. However, in comparing economic well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012165604
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Differences across countries and time in household expenditure patterns : implications for the estimation of equivalence scales
Daley, Angela; Garner, Thesia Isedora; Phipps, Shelley A.; … - 2020
economies of scale are understated (as is the case when using the 'square root of household size'), the relative poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213964
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Income distribution and consumption deprivation : an analytical link
Mallick, Sushanta Kumar - In: Journal of income distribution : an international quarterly 17 (2008) 2, pp. 25-36
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A simple method for predicting distributions by means of covariates with examples from poverty and health economics
Dai, Jing; Sperlich, Stefan; Zucchini, Walter - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 152 (2016) 1, pp. 49-80
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Growth and inequality in the distribution of India's consumption expenditure 1983 to 2009-10
Subramanian, Sreenivasan; Jayaraj, Dhairiyarayar - 2015
This paper undertakes an assessment of the evolution of inequality in the distribution of consumption expenditure in India over the last quarter-century, from 1983 to 2009-10, employing data available in the quinquennial 'thick' surveys of the National Sample Survey Office. We find that...
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