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Multidimensional welfare in districts of Zambia: A first order dominance approach

Masumbu, Gibson; Mahrt, Kristi - 2014

In this paper we make welfare comparisons among districts of Zambia using multidimensional well-being indicators observed at the household level using the first order dominance approach developed by Arndt et al. in 2012. This approach allows welfare comparisons without making any assumptions...

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Advancing small area estimation

Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Salvucci, Vincenzo; … - 2013

The poverty mapping methodology for estimating welfare rankings from small areas has proven to be useful in guiding allocation of government funds, regional planning, and general policy formulation. Nevertheless, poverty mapping also suffers from a series of by now well recognized shortcomings....

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The counting approach to multidimensional poverty: The case of four African countries

Bérenger, Valérie - 2017

index with alternative poverty indices that are sensitive to inequality. Poverty is estimated using Demographic and Health … breadth and inequality components of multidimensional poverty. …

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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 estimation. The FOD approach uses census data directly; is straightforward to implement; is multidimensional allowing for a broad conception of welfare; and accounts rigorously for...

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Multidimensional welfare in districts of Zambia : a first order dominance approach

Masumbu, Gibson; Mahrt, Kristi - 2014

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The counting approach to multidimensional poverty : the case of four African countries

Berenger, Valérie - 2017

index with alternative poverty indices that are sensitive to inequality. Poverty is estimated using Demographic and Health … breadth and inequality components of multidimensional poverty. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152256

Child Poverty Measurement: the Case of Afghanistan

Biggeri, Mario; Trani, Jean-Francois; Mauro, Vincenzo - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2011

This paper examines child poverty from a multidimensional perspective. The main goal is to apply a general methodology in order to measure child poverty as a deprivation of capabilities and achieved functionings. In the capability perspective, child poverty is intended as the lack of freedom to...

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Poverty Severity in a Multidimensional Framework: The Issue of Inequality between Dimensions

Rippin, Nicole - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2010

multidimensional framework is that the identification method used in the one-dimensional framework, the union method, leads to … exaggerated poverty rates. So far, this problem has been addressed by either changing the identification method itself or by … to be addressed at the aggregation instead of the identification level. In fact, we provide evidence that the way in …

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Counting poverty orderings and deprivation curves

Vega, Ma. Casilda Lasso de la - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2009

characterize the identification method as the most appropriate procedure to identify the poor in a multidimensional setting. Then … in the identification cut-off, and also for checking unanimous orderings in a wide set of multidimensional poverty …

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Income and Beyond: Multidimensional Poverty in six Latin American countries

Battiston, Diego; Cruces, Guillermo; Calva, Luis Felipe … - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional … - 2009

This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay, for the period 1992–2006. Six dimensions are analysed: income, child attendance at school, education of the household head, sanitation,...

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