This paper examines the allocation of resources of poverty rates within households in Suriname. To this end we employ a … between men and women, but that there is no gender bias among children. We also find that children are least poor members of …

household and thus are likely to lead to yield a biased assessment of individual poverty, and poverty by age or gender. In this … higher when using the household-based measure. Similarly, the age differentials in poverty are much larger using the …Income-based as well as most existing multidimensional poverty indices (MPI) assume equal distribution within the …

obtained from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. It assesses total inequality and its within-household component for two … and break it down into betweenhousehold and within-household components. Overall inequality tends to be higher in …. Nevertheless, the share of gender inequality that occurs within households is largest for this last indicator, accounting for more …

We investigate the relationship between the individual and household indirect utility functions in the context of a … collective household model. Our analysis produces new results that explain how the rule governing the distribution of resources … among household members is related to the measurement of household welfare and intra-household inequality. We show that in a …

existing poverty calculations that ignore either intra-household inequality or economies of scale in consumption, ours take … that are common in developing countries. Based on a collective household model, we develop a new methodology to identify … the intra-household allocation of resources and the extent of consumption sharing. We apply our methodology using data …

household and thus yield a biased assessment of individual poverty and poverty by age or gender. In this paper we first show … household-based measure. Similarly, the age differentials in poverty are much larger using the individual-based measure. Using a …Income-based as well as most existing multidimensional poverty indices (MPI) assume equal distribution within the …

collective household model offers an alternative and promising framework to estimate poverty at the individual level while …A key element of anti-poverty policy is the accurate identification of poor individuals. However, measuring poverty at … the individual level is difficult since consumption data are typically collected at the household level. Per capita …

measurement of poverty. For the estimation of intrahousehold distribution of resources the study relies on collective Engel curves …. For the poverty analysis, we propose a fuzzy intrahousehold index which is less sensitive to small changes around the … poverty line compared to standard FGT indices and produce more reliable results. This provides an interesting approach to …