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Measuring Poverty and Inequality from Highly Aggregated Small Area Data: The Changing Fortunes of Latrobe Valley Households
Wright, Jill; Valenzuela, Ma. Rebecca; Chotikapanich, … - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2011
The Latrobe Valley generates 85% of Victoria's electricity. The progressive privatisation of the electricity industry between 1989 and 1997, had a lasting effect on income distribution in the region. This paper investigates the change in income level, inequality and poverty for this region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650289
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Prices, Inequality and Poverty: Methodology and Indian Evidence
Mishra, Ankita; Ray, Ranjan - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2009
The contribution of this paper is both methodological and empirical. It proposes a methodology for evaluating the distributional implications of price movement for inequality and poverty measurement. The methodology is based on a distinction between inequalities in nominal expenditures, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492280
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Multi Dimensional Deprivation in India during and after the Reforms: Do the Household Expenditure and the Family Health Surveys Present Consistent Evidence?
Mishra, Ankita; Ray, Ranjan - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2010
This paper uses the recent approach of multidimensional deprivation measures to provide a comprehensive and wide ranging assessment of changes to living standards in India during the period, 1992/93-2004/5.This covers the reforms and the immediate post reforms time periods. The study is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492283
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Prices, Inequality and Poverty: Methodology and Indian Evidence
Mishra, Ankita; Ray, Ranjan - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2009
The contribution of this paper is both methodological and empirical. It proposes a methodology for evaluating the distributional implications of price movement for inequality and poverty measurement. The methodology is based on a distinction between inequalities in nominal expenditures, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008492314
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EVALUATING THE DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF PRICE MOVEMENTS: METHODOLOGY, APPLICATION AND AUSTRALIAN EVIDENCE
Nicholas, Aaron; Ray, Ranjan; Valenzuela, Rebecca - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2008
This paper investigates the distributional implication of inflation in Australia. It proposes and applies a method of evaluating the nature and size of the inequality bias of price movements. In the process, the study introduces a new demographic demand model that yields sensible and well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005064092
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KNOWING ONE'S LOT IN LIFE VERSUS CLIMBING THE SOCIAL LADDER: THE FORMATION OF REDISTRIBUTIVE PREFERENCES IN URBAN CHINA
Smyth, Russell; Qian, Xiaolei - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2008
life and self-assessed prospects for climbing the social ladder in urban China. We find that both beliefs about what …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005064160
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Multidimensional Deprivation in China, India and Vietnam: A Comparative Study on Micro Data
Ray, Ranjan; Sinha, Kompal - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2011
This study compares living standards in China, India and Vietnam using the recent multidimensional approach. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144415
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Duration and Persistence in Multidimensional Deprivation: Methodology and Australian Application
Nicholas, Aaron; Ray, Ranjan - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2011
This paper extends the recent literature on static multidimensional deprivation to propose dynamic deprivation measures that incorporate both the persistence and duration of deprivation across multiple dimensions. The paper then illustrates the usefulness of the extension by applying it to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144417
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Multi Dimensional Deprivation in the Awakening Giants: A Comparative Study on Micro Data
Mishra, Ankita; Ray, Ranjan - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2010
This paper evaluates and compares multidimensional deprivation in India and China during the 1990s and beyond. The … between India and China that are based on macro aggregates such as trade, investment and growth rates and undertakes a …. Deprivation is still unacceptably high in some categories. While rural deprivation is much higher in India than in China, they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680496
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A Dynamic Multidimensional Measure of Poverty
Ray, Ranjan; Sinha, Kompal; Nicholas, Aaron - Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, … - 2013
differ. We apply the proposed measure to longitudinal data from China and Indonesia where we find that the depth aspect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011141106