Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - Department of Economics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - 2006
This paper decomposes differences in poverty incidence (head count ratio) using estimates from a regression equation, synthesizing the approaches proposed in World Bank (2003) and Yun (2004). A significance test is developed for characteristics and coefficients effects when decomposing...