Negative Net Incomes and the Measurement of Poverty: A Note

This note warns about the careless computation of poverty indexes when the welfare of each household is measured by its net income, since this can be negative. As is illustrated in the case of Mexico, even if only a handful of households report negative incomes, the resulting poverty aggregates, when they go beyond a mere headcount measure, can behave rather badly. The note ends with suggestions on how to deal with the problem.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Sandoval, Héctor H. ; Urzúa, Carlos M.
Published in:	Revista de Administración, Finanzas y Economía (Journal of Management, Finance and Economics). - Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Políticas Públicas (EGAP). - Vol. 3.2009, 1, p. 29-36
Publisher:	Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Políticas Públicas (EGAP)
Subject:	Poverty measures \| poverty indexes \| negative income \| income and expenditure survey \| Mexico

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; C81 - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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