We consider the estimation of measures of persistent poverty in panel surveys with missing data, focusing on the … persistent poverty headcount, its duration-adjusted variant, and a related measure used by the European Union as an indicator of … the risk of persistent poverty. We develop a partial identification approach to allow for data missing-not-at-random, and …

new dataset of consistent inequality series,allowing us to explore problems of measurement error. In addition, the new … estimate the entire income distribution; computing alternativeinequality indexes and poverty estimates. Finally, we have used … our broad1y comparabledataset to examine international patterns of inequality and poverty. …

as poverty measures. Recent research has provided evidence that spatial modelling still can improve the precision of … the posterior under a flat p rior. F urther, we show using the SAIPE poverty data that the gain in efficiency using a …

This paper applies an innovative method to estimate poverty in India in the absence of recent expenditure data. The … goods expenditure conducted in 2014-15. At the USD 1.90 per day international poverty line, the preferred model predicts a … 2014-15 head-count poverty rate of 10 percent in urban areas and 16.4 percent in rural areas, implying a poverty rate of 14 …

This paper applies an innovative method to estimate poverty in India in the absence of recent expenditure data. The … goods expenditure conducted in 2014-15. At the $1.90 per day international poverty line, the preferred model predicts a 2014 …-15 head- count poverty rate of 10 percent in urban areas and 16.4 percent in rural areas, implying a poverty rate of 14 …