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A counting approach for measuring multidimensional deprivation

Aaberge, Rolf; Peluso, Eugenio - 2012

This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking and quantifying the extent of deprivation exhibited by multidimensional distributions, where the multiple attributes in which an individual can be deprived are represented by dichotomized variables. To this end we first aggregate deprivation...

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Reckoning inter-group poverty differentials in the measurement of aggregate poverty

Subramanian, S. - 2005

measured aggregate poverty should depend upon the distribution of poverty across the subgroups. A judgment in favour of an … equal inter-group distribution of poverty could arise in two ways. In the first approach, equality is upheld as an intrinsic … social virtue, and the aggregate measure of poverty, in line with this view, is ‘adjusted’ to reflect the extent of inter …

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Inequalities, agency, and well-being: Conceptual linkages and measurement challenges in development

Hicks, Douglas A. - 2004

The capabilities approach has emphasized that inequalities can be analyzed in various dimensions of human functioning. Indicators of these inequalities can be incorporated into assessments of well-being. The capabilities approach also highlights the intrinsic importance of agency and...

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Participatory approaches and the measurement of human well-being

White, Sarah; Pettit, Jethro - 2004

This paper considers the use of participatory methods in international development research, and asks what contribution these can make to the definition and measurement of well-being. It draws on general lessons arising from the project level, two larger-scale policy research processes sponsored...

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Country inequality rankings and conversion schemes

Bönke, Timm; Schröder, Carsten - 2010

Two conversion schemes are usually employed for assessing personal-income inequality from household equivalent incomes: to weight household units by size or by needs.Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we show the sensitivity of country inequality rankings to conversion schemes and...

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Cross-validating administrative and survey datasets through microsimulation and the assessment of a tax reform in Luxembourg

Liégeois, Philippe; Berger, Frédéric; Islam, Nizamul; … - 2010

tax reform are measured in terms of losers and winners, change in inequalities and poverty rates. The results issued from …

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Trends in individual income growth: Measurement methods and British evidence

Jenkins, Stephen P.; Van Kerm, Philippe - 2011

Assessments of whose income growth is the greatest and whose is the smallest are typically based on comparisons of income changes for income groups (e.g. rich versus poor) or income values (e.g. quantiles). However, income group and quantile composition changes over time because of income...

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Doing Rawls justice: Evidence from the PSID

Abatemarco, Antonio - 2016

Distributive value judgments based on the 'origins' of economic inequalities (e.g. circumstances and responsible choices) are increasingly evoked to argue that 'the worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal'. However, one may reasonably agree that distributive value...

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A review of consumption poverty estimation for Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Jones, Sam; Mahrt, Kristi; Salvucci, … - 2016

We broadly review the challenges encountered and choices made in the national assessments of consumption poverty using … estimates produce qualitatively very similar results. We conclude that the principal conclusions of the poverty assessments are …

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Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania

Arndt, Channing; Leyaro, Vincent; Mahrt, Kristi; Tarp, Finn - 2016

We contribute to the literature on trends in living standards in Tanzania by analysing child welfare using two multi-dimensional approaches, first-order dominance (FOD) and Alkire-Foster (AF). Between 1991/92 and 2010, remarkably similar area rankings emerge that suggest a widening gap between...

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