Since the late 1970s, the price indices underlying the poverty lines in India have been updated using aggregate indices … consumption survey data. We propose an alternative approach that identifies poverty from consumer behaviour, based on the notion … higher levels of poverty in eastern India, and generally, smaller reductions in poverty from 2005 to 2010. Our poverty …

Since the late 1970s, the price indices underlying the poverty lines in India have been updated using aggregate indices … consumption survey data. We propose an alternative approach that identifies poverty from consumer behaviour, based on the notion … higher levels of poverty in eastern India, and generally, smaller reductions in poverty from 2005 to 2010. Our poverty …

measurement error in the consumption measure derived from the short questionnaire results in higher poverty estimates even if the … mapping of distribution functions reveals the combined effect of systematic differences in measurement and measurement error …. Using a pseudo crosssection approach, I eliminate the effect of measurement error and find that using a high level of …

Monitoring of poverty indexes and structure of household expenditures is one of diagnostic and warning tool for social … politics. Well-being or poverty of selected households’ groups can be illustrated not only by mentioned categories, but also by … possession of consumer durables. Thus, there is implication for poverty and possession (or lack) of some consumer durable goods …

patterns can strengthen this effect. -- Consumer theory ; Engel curves ; Engel's law ; Structural change …