national assessments of who is considered poor. In many high-income countries, poverty lines are explicitly relative, set as a … share of mean or median income. Despite systematic variation in how countries define poverty, global poverty counts are …Poverty lines are typically higher in richer countries, and lower in poorer ones, reflecting the relative nature of …

national assessments of who is considered poor. In many high-income countries, poverty lines are explicitly relative, set as a … share of mean or median income. Despite systematic variation in how countries define poverty, global poverty counts are …Poverty lines are typically higher in richer countries, and lower in poorer ones, reflecting the relative nature of …

reflecting important differences in the relationship between income and the body mass index. The first finding is based on … regression (UQR), which provides a measure of the income-gradient in BMI at different points on the unconditional BMI … distribution. The UQR estimator indicates that the strongest relationship between income and BMI is observed at the tails of the …

We offer a review of methods that have been employed to provide poverty estimates of poverty in contexts where … trends and dynamic patterns of poverty outcomes over time. We present the various existing methods under a common framework …

cannot make large cuts in caloric intake without suffering serious health consequences. These results provide empirical …