We consider the estimation of measures of persistent poverty in panel surveys with missing data, focusing on the … persistent poverty headcount, its duration-adjusted variant, and a related measure used by the European Union as an indicator of … the risk of persistent poverty. We develop a partial identification approach to allow for data missing-not-at-random, and …

We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to poverty using cross-sectional data and panel … vulnerability predictions is limited even when panel data are used. In part this low accuracy is due to low poverty incidence and … high mobility. -- vulnerability ; poverty ; ROC ; German panel data …

Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3% to 29.7% of the population). In this …, and 14% of those in the middle-class, experience poverty at least once over a ten-year period. Furthermore, chronic … poverty remains widespread (representing 91% and 50% of extreme and moderate poverty respectively). Differences between rural …

traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest … determinants of changes in poverty incidence within cohorts revealed statistically significant roles for age, gender and education … poverty …