Reliable measures of poverty are an essential statistical tool for public policies aimed at reducing poverty. In this … paper we consider the reliability of income poverty measures based on survey data which are typically plagued by missing … data and measurement error. Neglecting these problems can bias the estimated poverty rates. We show how to derive upper and …

Reliable measures of poverty are an essential statistical tool for public policies aimed at reducing poverty. In this … paper we consider the reliability of income poverty measures based on survey data which are typically plagued by missing … data and measurement error. Neglecting these problems can bias the estimated poverty rates. We show how to derive upper and …

The objective of measuring poverty is usually to make comparisons over time or between two or more groups. Common … statistical inference methods are used to determine whether an apparent difference in measured poverty is statistically … significant. Studies of relative poverty have long recognized that when the poverty line is calculated from sample survey data …

Theories of poverty traps stand in sharp contrast to the view that anybody can make it through hard work and thrift …. However, empirical detection of poverty traps is complicated by the lack of long panels, measurement error, and attrition … dynamics and testing for the presence of poverty traps. The paper explicitly allows for individual heterogeneity in income …

discrepancies between the survey data and national accounts-based estimates of the incidence of poverty and trends in living …