Chronic and transient poverty: Measurement and estimation, with evidence from China

The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, it proposes a new approach to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, it provides corrections for the statistical biases introduced when using a small number of periods to estimate t...

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Published in:Journal of development economics 2010-03, Vol.91 (2), p.266-277
Main Authors: Duclos, Jean-Yves, Araar, Abdelkrim, Giles, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
China
Chronic poverty
Data analysis
Economic change
Economic Development: Human Resources
Economic dynamics
Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
Estimating techniques
Estimation
Health
Human Development
Income Distribution
Measurement
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Measurement techniques
Migration O150
Panel data
Permanent poverty
Poverty
Poverty dynamics
Poverty dynamics Transient poverty Chronic poverty Permanent poverty China
Relative deprivation
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics
Statistical analysis
Studies
Transient poverty
Vulnerability
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