Robustness of Subjective Welfare Analysis in a Poor Developing Country: Madagascar 2001

The authors analyze the subjective perceptions of poverty in Madagascar in 2001 and their relationship to objective poverty indicators. They base their analysis on survey responses to a series of subjective perception questions. The authors extend...

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Main Authors: Lokshin, Michael, Umapathi, Nithin, Paternostro, Stefano
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
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GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/2892937/robustness-subjective-welfare-analysis-poor-developing-country-madagascar-2001
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topic ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINES
AGE-GENDER GROUPS
AVERAGE LEVEL
CALORIC INTAKE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY
CONSUMPTION NEEDS
CONSUMPTION NORMS
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
ECONOMIC CRISES
ECONOMIC DECLINE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC WELFARE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMISTS
ELASTICITIES
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EQUIVALENCE SCALE
ERROR TERM
EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION
EXPENDITURE LEVEL
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FARM ACTIVITIES
FISHING
FOOD BASKET
FOOD COMPONENT
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD ENERGY
FOOD ENERGY INTAKE
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
FORESTRY
GDP
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HIGH POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCREASE POVERTY
INFLATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET ACTIVITIES
LIVING STANDARD
MEAN INCOME
MEASURING POVERTY
MEASURING WELFARE
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POVERTY
NON- FOOD CONSUMPTION
NON-FOOD COMPONENT
NON-FOOD COMPONENTS
NON-FOOD CONSUMPTION
NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
OBJECTIVE POVERTY LINES
PARTICULAR POVERTY LINE
PER CAPITA BASIS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION GROWTH
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY COMPARISONS
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY HEADCOUNT
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY PROFILES
POVERTY PROGRAMS
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY STATISTICS
POVERTY TRENDS
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUANTITATIVE POVERTY
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL POVERTY
REGIONAL PRICE DIFFERENCES
RELATIVE INCOME
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
SAMPLE SIZE
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
SUBJECTIVE POVERTY
SUBJECTIVE POVERTY LINE
TRADEOFFS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
WELFARE AGGREGATE
WELFARE COMPARISONS
WELFARE EFFECTS
WELFARE FUNCTION
WELFARE INDICATOR
WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE ECONOMICS
POVERTY INCIDENCE
ANALYTICAL METHODS
POVERTY LINE
CONSUMPTION (ECONOMICS)
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY MEASURES
SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINES
AGE-GENDER GROUPS
AVERAGE LEVEL
CALORIC INTAKE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY
CONSUMPTION NEEDS
CONSUMPTION NORMS
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
ECONOMIC CRISES
ECONOMIC DECLINE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC WELFARE
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMISTS
ELASTICITIES
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EQUIVALENCE SCALE
ERROR TERM
EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION
EXPENDITURE LEVEL
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FARM ACTIVITIES
FISHING
FOOD BASKET
FOOD COMPONENT
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD ENERGY
FOOD ENERGY INTAKE
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
FORESTRY
GDP
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HIGH POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCREASE POVERTY
INFLATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET ACTIVITIES
LIVING STANDARD
MEAN INCOME
MEASURING POVERTY
MEASURING WELFARE
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POVERTY
NON- FOOD CONSUMPTION
NON-FOOD COMPONENT
NON-FOOD COMPONENTS
NON-FOOD CONSUMPTION
NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
OBJECTIVE POVERTY LINES
PARTICULAR POVERTY LINE
PER CAPITA BASIS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION GROWTH
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY COMPARISONS
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY HEADCOUNT
POVERTY INDICATORS
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY PROFILES
POVERTY PROGRAMS
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY STATISTICS
POVERTY TRENDS
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUANTITATIVE POVERTY
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
REGIONAL POVERTY
REGIONAL PRICE DIFFERENCES
RELATIVE INCOME
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
SAMPLE SIZE
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS
SUBJECTIVE POVERTY
SUBJECTIVE POVERTY LINE
TRADEOFFS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
WELFARE AGGREGATE
WELFARE COMPARISONS
WELFARE EFFECTS
WELFARE FUNCTION
WELFARE INDICATOR
WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE ECONOMICS
POVERTY INCIDENCE
ANALYTICAL METHODS
POVERTY LINE
CONSUMPTION (ECONOMICS)
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY MEASURES
SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
Lokshin, Michael
Umapathi, Nithin
Paternostro, Stefano
Robustness of Subjective Welfare Analysis in a Poor Developing Country: Madagascar 2001
geographic_facet Africa
Madagascar
relation World Bank, Washington, D.C.;No.3191
description The authors analyze the subjective perceptions of poverty in Madagascar in 2001 and their relationship to objective poverty indicators. They base their analysis on survey responses to a series of subjective perception questions. The authors extend the existing empirical methodology for estimating subjective poverty lines on the basis of categorical consumption adequacy questions. Based on this methodology they calculate the household-specific, subjective poverty lines and compare the poverty profiles derived from different subjective welfare questions. The results show that the aggregate poverty measures derived from consumption adequacy questions accord quite well with the poverty measures based on objective poverty lines. The subjective welfare analysis can be used in poor developing countries for evaluating socioeconomic and distributional impacts of various policy interventions.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Lokshin, Michael
Umapathi, Nithin
Paternostro, Stefano
author_facet Lokshin, Michael
Umapathi, Nithin
Paternostro, Stefano
author_sort Lokshin, Michael
title Robustness of Subjective Welfare Analysis in a Poor Developing Country: Madagascar 2001
title_short Robustness of Subjective Welfare Analysis in a Poor Developing Country: Madagascar 2001
title_full Robustness of Subjective Welfare Analysis in a Poor Developing Country: Madagascar 2001
title_fullStr Robustness of Subjective Welfare Analysis in a Poor Developing Country: Madagascar 2001
title_full_unstemmed Robustness of Subjective Welfare Analysis in a Poor Developing Country: Madagascar 2001
title_sort robustness of subjective welfare analysis in a poor developing country: madagascar 2001
publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/2892937/robustness-subjective-welfare-analysis-poor-developing-country-madagascar-2001
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14190
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spelling okr-10986-141902021-04-23T14:03:20Z Robustness of Subjective Welfare Analysis in a Poor Developing Country: Madagascar 2001 Lokshin, Michael Umapathi, Nithin Paternostro, Stefano ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINES AGE-GENDER GROUPS AVERAGE LEVEL CALORIC INTAKE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY CONSUMPTION NEEDS CONSUMPTION NORMS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC DECLINE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC WELFARE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EQUIVALENCE SCALE ERROR TERM EXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTION EXPENDITURE LEVEL EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FARM ACTIVITIES FISHING FOOD BASKET FOOD COMPONENT FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD ENERGY FOOD ENERGY INTAKE FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD REQUIREMENTS FORESTRY GDP HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCREASE POVERTY INFLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ACTIVITIES LIVING STANDARD MEAN INCOME MEASURING POVERTY MEASURING WELFARE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NON- FOOD CONSUMPTION NON-FOOD COMPONENT NON-FOOD COMPONENTS NON-FOOD CONSUMPTION NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OBJECTIVE POVERTY LINES PARTICULAR POVERTY LINE PER CAPITA BASIS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY TRENDS PRIVATE TRANSFERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUANTITATIVE POVERTY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL PRICE DIFFERENCES RELATIVE INCOME RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLE SIZE SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS SUBJECTIVE POVERTY SUBJECTIVE POVERTY LINE TRADEOFFS TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS WELFARE AGGREGATE WELFARE COMPARISONS WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE FUNCTION WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE ECONOMICS POVERTY INCIDENCE ANALYTICAL METHODS POVERTY LINE CONSUMPTION (ECONOMICS) HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY MEASURES SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION The authors analyze the subjective perceptions of poverty in Madagascar in 2001 and their relationship to objective poverty indicators. They base their analysis on survey responses to a series of subjective perception questions. The authors extend the existing empirical methodology for estimating subjective poverty lines on the basis of categorical consumption adequacy questions. Based on this methodology they calculate the household-specific, subjective poverty lines and compare the poverty profiles derived from different subjective welfare questions. The results show that the aggregate poverty measures derived from consumption adequacy questions accord quite well with the poverty measures based on objective poverty lines. The subjective welfare analysis can be used in poor developing countries for evaluating socioeconomic and distributional impacts of various policy interventions. 2013-06-26T14:40:31Z 2013-06-26T14:40:31Z 2004-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/2892937/robustness-subjective-welfare-analysis-poor-developing-country-madagascar-2001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14190 English en_US World Bank, Washington, D.C.;No.3191 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Madagascar