Using the downside mean-semideviation for measuring vulnerability to poverty

This paper introduces a new approach for measuring vulnerability to poverty, using the standard downside mean-semideviation as a risk parameter. We identify vulnerability by comparing the uncertain outcomes of household well-being with poverty line in a mean-risk behavior framework.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Gallardo, Mauricio
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 120.2013, 3, p. 416-418
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Poverty \| Vulnerability \| Mean-risk models

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	I3 - Welfare and Poverty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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