Estimating NAS Consistent Poverty and Inequality from NSS Data

In this paper an attempt is made to estimate poverty line/ratio and inequality consistent with NAS based consumption expenditure (PFCE), from NSSO based consumption expenditure data. It is to be noted that the paper is not going to address the poverty measurement controversy based on two sources of estimations but explores consistent estimation.

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Year of publication:	2011-02
Authors:	Chaganti, Ravi ; Motkuri, Venkatanarayana
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Poverty \| inequality \| Welfare \| India \| Poverty Measurement

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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