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 …

of possible impacts of measurement errors on poverty analysis are briefly discussed. These experiments clearly show the … importance of the topic in poverty and inequality data analysis …

-to-date picture of inequality and poverty by subgroup in South Korea which helps targeting particularly vulnerable groups. Overall …