We use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to compare "poverty" at two or more points in time within and between … questionnaires of the DHS facilitate comparisons over both time and countries. Our results generally show declines in poverty during …

This paper tests the sensitivity of poverty indexes to the choice of adult equivalence scales, assumptions about the … handle income miss reporting. We also perform sensitivity analysis to the use of different poverty lines and poverty indexes … the total population. Additionally, the ranking of countries with respect to poverty is also highly sensitive. This points …

The European 2020 Strategy has launched a novel indicator for monitoring poverty reduction over the current decade … poverty and social exclusion among immigrants. It is argued that the analytical insight and internal consistency of the new … Europe 2020 indicator can be enhanced by a more structured measurement approach, relying on some recent advances generated by …

of two individuals, then priority should be given to the worse off among the two. We consider multidimensional poverty … axiom, in combination with a handful of standard properties, characterizes a class of poverty measures. We provide an …

This paper tests the sensitivity of poverty indexes to the choice of adult equivalence scales, assumptions about the … handle income misreporting. We also perform sensitivity analysis to the use of different poverty lines and poverty indexes … of the total population. Additionally, the ranking of countries with respect to poverty is also highly sensitive. This …

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 …

Spatial poverty comparisons are investigated in three African countries using multidimensional indicators of well …-being. The work is analogous to the univariate stochastic dominance literature in that it seeks poverty orderings that are robust … to the choice of multidimensional poverty lines and indices. In addition, the study seeks to ensure that the comparisons …

Spatial poverty comparisons are investigated in three African countries using multidimensional indicators of well …-being. The work is analogous to the univariate stochastic dominance literature in that it seeks poverty orderings that are robust … to the choice of multidimensional poverty lines and indices. In addition, the study seeks to ensure that the comparisons …