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Statistical Inference for Stochastic Dominance and for the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality
Davidson, Russell; Duclos, Jean-Yves - Département d'Économique, Université Laval - 1998
poverty, welfare and inequality. This includes estimators of most of the poverty indices currently in use, as well as …, inequality or social welfare is greater in one distribution than in another for general classes of indices. We also derive the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696442
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"Quality of Statistical Match and Simulations Used in the Estimation of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) for Turkey in 2006"
Masterson, Thomas - Levy Economics Institute - 2013
The quality of match of the statistical match used in the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) estimates for Turkey in 2006 is described. The match combines the 2006 Zaman Kullanim Anketi (ZKA 2006) with the 2006 Hanehalki Bütçe Anketi (HBA 2006). These are the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011141198
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"Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the Development of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico"
Masterson, Thomas - Levy Economics Institute - 2011
The quality of match of three statistical matches used in the LIMTIP estimates for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico is described. The first match combines the 2005 Uso del Tiempo (UT 2005) with the 2006 Encuesto Annual de Hogares (EAH) for Argentina. The second match combines the 2007 Encuesta...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627287
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"Simulations of Full-Time Employment and Household Work in the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico"
Masterson, Thomas - Levy Economics Institute - 2012
The method for simulation of labor market participation used in the LIMTIP models for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico is described. In each case, all eligible adults not working full-time were assigned full-time jobs. In all households that included job recipients, the time spent on household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555925
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Characterizing income distribution for poverty and inequality analysis
Chumacero, Rómulo A.; Paredes, Ricardo D. - In: Estudios de Economia 32, 1 Year 2005, pp. 97-117
high inequality in income distribution and to assess the impact of different social policies dealing with poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005812524
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"Quality of Statistical Match and Employment Simulations Used in the Estimation of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for South Korea, 2009"
Masterson, Thomas - Levy Economics Institute - 2014
The quality of match of the statistical match used in the LIMTIP estimates for South Korea in 2009 is described. The match combines the 2009 Korean Time Use Survey (KTUS 2009) with the 2009 Korean Welfare Panel Study (KWPS 2009). The alignment of the two datasets is examined, after which various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754646
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Does inequality affect the consumption patterns of the poor? – The role of “status seeking” behaviour
Marjit, Sugata; Santra, Sattwik; Hati, Koushik Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
and negative relationship between inequality and share of nutritional consumption as reflected in the consumption of food …. Finally the paper looks at the empirical relationship between inequality and consumption across districts within states of … India. The hypotheses that inequality impacts consumption patterns via status effect cannot be rejected. In fact the impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259208
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Changing Times, Testing Times: A Bootstrap Analysis of Poverty and Inequality using the PACO Database
Heinrich, Georges - Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, School … - 1998
inference for poverty and inequality measures. We analyse poverty and income inequality among pensioners in Hungary, Luxembourg …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005187387
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ESTIMATION D’UNE LIGNE D’AFFLUENCE : CAS DU CAMEROUN
ESSIMI, BILOA; Aristide, Jean; CHAMENI NEMBUA, Celestin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this study, we construct an affluence line for the country, using Cameroonian Households surveys (2007). This line is an anti-poverty line. The proposed affluence line is derived here based on the principle of transfer of resources of the richest to the poorest
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258949
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Trade Liberalization, Inequality and Poverty in Brazilian States.
Sztulman, Aude; Menéndez, Marta; Castilho, Marta - Université Paris-Dauphine - 2012
This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization and international trade on household income inequality and … more exposed to tariff cuts experienced smaller reductions in household poverty and inequality. If significance of results … on Brazilian states depends on the choice of poverty and inequality indicators, robust and contrasting results emerge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370243