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Challenges in predicting poverty trends using survey to survey imputation : experiences from Malawi

Mathiassen, Astrid; Wold, Bjørn K. - 2019

Poverty in low-income countries is usually measured with large and infrequent household surveys. A challenge is to find methods to measure poverty more frequently. The objective of this study is to test a method for predicting poverty, based upon a statistical model utilizing consumption surveys...

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Expenditure Behavior of Households and Welfare of Children and Widows in Pakistan, South Africa : A Study on Unit Record Data

Ray, Ranjan - 2000

is proposed and applied.Education spending shows significant bias in favor of boys in Pakistan, though not in South … variable proving to be a significant determinant of expenditure allocation in South Africa, but not in Pakistan.The results …

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Multidimensional energy poverty and its determinants

Ul Haq, Muhammad Abrar; Rasheed, Najma; Gill, Abid Rashid; … - In: International journal of economics and business … 28 (2024) 3/4, pp. 379-397

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Measuring fuel poverty : general considerations and application to German household data

Heindl, Peter - 2014

Fuel poverty measurement consists of two independent parts: firstly, the definition of an adequate fuel poverty line, and secondly, techniques to measure fuel poverty. This paper reviews options for the definition of fuel poverty lines and techniques for fuel poverty measurement. Based on...

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How serious is the neglect of intra-household inequality in multi-dimensional poverty indices?

Klasen, Stephan; Lahoti, Rahul - 2016

total inequality in the individual deprivation score inequality to be 30% and total inequality is also some 30% higher using …

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Measuring fuel poverty : general considerations and application to German household data

Heindl, Peter - 2013

Fuel poverty may become an increasingly severe problem in developed countries in cases when real prices for fossil fuels increase at high rates or when real energy prices increase due to policies for greenhouse gas abatement. Fuel poverty measurement consists of two largely independent parts,...

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Households in transit : COVID-19 and the changing measurement of welfare

Caron, Laura; Tiongson, Erwin R. - 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic placed new constraints and prices on commuting to work around the world. However, traditional methods of measuring household welfare (and, accordingly, poverty and inequality) based on expenditures have not considered these changes. First, we present theory showing...

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Poverty at Higher Frequency

Merfeld, Joshua D.; Morduch, Jonathan - 2023

Poverty is typically measured as insuﬃcient yearly income or consumption. In practice, however, poverty is marked by seasonality, economic instability, and illiquidity across months. To capture within-year variability, we extend traditional poverty measures to include a temporal dimension....

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Child deprivation and income poverty in Ghana

Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim; Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2015

This study assesses temporal and spatial distribution of child deprivation and income poverty using the fifth and sixth … deprivation of children aged 7 to 17 years, and the outcomes were compared to the incidence of income poverty. The analyses reveal … the following: reduction in child deprivation across all five dimensions over time; wide disparities across geographical …

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Determinants of households' energy consumption in Kebbi State Nigeria

Baraya, Abdul-Azeez Sani; Handoyo, Rossanto Dwi; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-19

This study aims to scrutinize the determinants of household energy consumption needs in Kebbi State, Nigeria. The data for the study were sourced from household heads within the study area. The paper analyzes the determinants of household energy consumption using six energy consumption...

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