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:	Naga, Ramses H. Abul
Institutions:	Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
Subject:	Poverty \| latent variable \| indicators

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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