estimate the entire income distribution; computing alternativeinequality indexes and poverty estimates. Finally, we have used … our broad1y comparabledataset to examine international patterns of inequality and poverty. …

In the widely used class of multidimensional poverty measures introduced by Alkire and Foster (2011), dimension … poverty decomposition based only on the unique properties of each identification function; and metrics of dimensional power … close replica of the international MPI (multidimensional poverty index). …

error distributions. The application presented in this paper is the small area estimation of poverty and inequality …, although this denotes by no means the only application. Monte-Carlo simulations show that estimates of poverty and inequality … poverty rate of 20 to 30 percent. Most of this bias is resolved when using the proposed estimator. The approach is applicable …