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Approximations to the truth: Comparing survey and microsimulation approaches to measuring income for social indicators

Figari, Francesco; Iacovou, Maria; Skew, Alexandra; … - 2010

This paper evaluates income distributions in four European countries (Austria, Italy, Spain and Hungary) using two complementary approaches: a standard approach based on reported incomes in survey data, and a microsimulation approach, where taxes and benefits are simulated. Given that benefit...

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The British household panel survey and its income data

Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2010

This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net household income are derived. The BHPS net household income...

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Approximations to the truth: Comparing survey and microsimulation approaches to measuring income for social indicators

Figari, Francesco; Iacovou, Maria; Skew, Alexandra; … - 2010

consistent results, in terms of both inequality measures and poverty rates. To the extent that the results differ, we explore the …

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The impact of income adjustments in the CASEN survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile

Bravo, David; Valderrama Torres, José A. - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 43-65

paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a …

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Estimation of poverty transition matrices with noisy data

Lee, Nayoung; Ridder, Geert; Strauss, John - 2010

This paper investigates potential measurement error biases in estimated poverty transition matrices. We compare … expenditure data magnifies economic mobility in and out of poverty. Roughly 44% of households initially in poverty at time t􀀀1 … are found to be out of poverty at time t using expenditure data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS …

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The impact of income adjustments in the CASEN survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile

Bravo, David; Valderrama Torres, José A. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 43-65

paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a … Chile. Chile looks more unequal in international relative terms due to this adjustment. -- inequality ; poverty ; income …

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Poverty mapping based on first order dominance with an example from Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Salvucci, Vincenzo; … - 2015

We explore a novel first order dominance (FOD) approach to poverty mapping and compare its properties to small area … highlights the value of the approach, including its advantages in the monitoring and evaluation of public expenditures. We … conclude that the FOD approach to poverty mapping constitutes a useful addition to the toolkit of policy analysts. …

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Spatial and temporal analyses of women's wellbeing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nanivazo, Malokele; Mahrt, Kristi - 2015

This paper sets out to investigate the wellbeing of women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It undertakes spatial and temporal comparisons of women's wellbeing using data from the Demographic and Health Survey and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. Using the multidimensional...

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Inside the metrics : an empirical comparison of energy poverty indices for Sub-Saharan countries

Bensch, Gunther - 2013

"Nachhaltige Energie für alle" – auf diesen Namen tauften die Vereinten Nationen und Weltbank jüngst eine Initiative, die den weltweiten Zugang zu modernen Energieformen fördern soll. Die allgemeine Überwindung des Mangels an verlässlicher und sauberer Energie, u.a. in Form von...

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First order dominance analysis : child wellbeing in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Nanivazo, Malokele - 2014

This paper performs a multidimensional first order dominance (FOD) analysis of child wellbeing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This methodology allows the ordinal ranking of the 11 provinces of the DRC in terms of their wellbeing based upon the probability of their domination. This...

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