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How valid are synthetic panel estimates of poverty dynamics?

Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2018

A growing literature uses repeated cross-section surveys to derive 'synthetic panel' data estimates of poverty dynamics statistics. It builds on the pioneering study by Dang, Lanjouw, Luoto, and McKenzie (Journal of Development Economics, 2014) providing bounds estimates and the innovative...

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Estimating poverty transitions in Mozambique using synthetic panels : a validation exercise and an application to cross-sectional survey data

Salvucci, Vincenzo; Tarp, Finn - 2021

In this paper we first validate the use of the synthetic panels technique in the context of the 2014/15 intra-year panel survey data for Mozambique, and then apply the same technique to the 1996/97, 2002/03, 2008/09, and 2014/15 cross-sectional household budget surveys for the same country. We...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427968

How valid are synthetic panel estimates of poverty dynamics?

Hérault, Nicolas; Jenkins, Stephen - 2018

A growing literature uses repeated cross-section surveys to derive "synthetic panel" data estimates of poverty dynamics statistics. It builds on the pioneering study by Dang, Lanjouw, Luoto, and McKenzie (Journal of Development Economics, 2014) providing bounds estimates and the innovative...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819396

The dynamics of child poverty in South Africa between 2008 and 2012: An analysis using the National Income Dynamics Study

Fintel, Marisa von; Zoch, Asmus - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2015

The aim of this study is to use data from three waves of the National Income Dynamics Study (2008, 2010 and 2012) in order to examine and decompose the dynamics of child poverty over the period. The study is specifically aimed at examining the poverty dynamics of children, as they have been...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212493

Pobreza, desigualdad y aprovechamiento de recursos naturales: Aproximaciones metodológicas desde la economía

López-Feldman, Alejandro - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2015

This document describes some of the methodologies used in economics to analyze the relationship between use of natural resources, poverty and inequality. Data from a representative sample of rural households from the South-southeast region of Mexico are used to illustrate the methodologies as...

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Poverty Dynamics in Brazilian Metropolitan Areas: an Analysis Based on Hulme and Shepherd’s Categorization (2002 - 2011)

Gonçalves, Solange Ledi; Machado, Ana Flávia - Departamento de Economia, Faculdade de Economia, … - 2015

Ever-more sophisticated studies on the methodological approach and the conceptual scope of poverty have led to a consensus among scholars on the dynamic characteristic of this phenomenon - in other words, the existence of an in-and-out of privation movement of individuals and families. Within...

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What helps households with children in leaving poverty?: Evidence from Spain in contrast with other EU countries.

Cantó, Olga; del Río, Coral; Gradín, Carlos - Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultade de … - 2002

Recent results on poverty in Europe show that households with children have a higher incidence of poverty than households without children. This incidence is not only higher but increasing. The literature on poverty has noted that the events that are most effective in pushing households out of...

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Static and Dynamic Poverty in Spain, 1993-2000

Martín, Elena Bárcena; Cowell, Frank A - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2006

We focus on the statics and dynamics of poverty in Spain using data from the first eight waves of the European Community Household Panel from 1994 to 2001, a period not sufficiently covered by recent literature. The results confirm the pattern of poverty changes noted by other authors for the...

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Poverty Dynamics in Clusters of European Union Countries: Related Events and Main Determinants

Polin, Veronica; Raitano, Michele - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Economia - 2012

ECHP dataset, the first EU-scale panel survey ran from 1994 to 2001 in the “old” 15 member states. By means of the EU … the “new” EU member states. Being the time span covered by EU-SILC too short for carrying out survival analysis on poverty … determinants associated to households’ fall into or exit from poverty. Analyses are carried out grouping EU countries in the five …

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Chronic Poverty and All That: The Measurement of Poverty over Time

Calvo, Cesar; Dercon, Stefan - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2007

We explore how to measure poverty over time, by focusing on trajectories of poverty rather than poverty at a particular point in time. We consider welfare outcomes over a period in time, consisting of a number of spells. We offer a characterization of desirable properties for measuring poverty...

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