Identifying the poor: a multiple indicator approach

The standard approach to the study of poverty assumes the existence of an ideal variable that captures the extent of deprivation. In this paper we postulate that poverty is involved with many dimensions. We use a latent variable framework to predict the extent of an individual's hardship as a function ?i =ax1i + bx2i +..., where the x's are indicators of i's income status, yi, and the latter variable is not observed.

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Year of publication:	1994-06
Authors:	Abul Naga, Ramses H.
Institutions:	London School of Economics (LSE)
Subject:	Poverty \| latent variable \| indicators

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	LSE Research Online Documents on Economics.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series DARP, 9 27 pages
Classification:	I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; C39 - Econometric Methods: Multiple/Simultaneous Equation Models. Other
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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