The paper investigates the definition of equity-regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in … choice of poverty lines and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales which are popular in … empirical work on poverty measurement is clarified. -- Poverty measures ; differences in needs ; principle of transfers …

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 …

household demographic composition. The adjustments for the equivalence of scales result in lower estimates of poverty lines. The …Hardly any literature exists on the relationship between equivalence scales and poverty dynamics for transitional … countries. This paper offers a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments on poverty dynamics in the Russian …

Hardly any literature exists on the relationship between equivalence scales and poverty dynamics for transitional … countries. We offer a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments on poverty dynamics in the Russian Federation …, using equivalence scales constructed from subjective wealth and more than 20 waves of household panel survey data from the …

methods of measuring household welfare (and, accordingly, poverty and inequality) based on expenditures have not considered … remote work during the pandemic. We then propose methods to impute transportation cost equivalents for household expenditure … aggregates. We use Georgia as a case study to compare these methods and assess impacts on poverty and inequality. The proportion …