Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data

Recent National Sample Surveys point to significant poverty reduction in India since 2004/05, with a marked acceleration between 2009/10 and 2011/12. This paper enquires into important aspects of income mobility between 2004/05 and 2011/12, based o...

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Main Authors: Dang, Hai-Anh H., Lanjouw, Peter F.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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spelling okr-10986-220062021-04-23T14:04:06Z Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data Dang, Hai-Anh H. Lanjouw, Peter F. LIVING STANDARDS GROWTH RATES REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POINT ESTIMATE POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH NATIONAL ACCOUNTS POVERTY LINE YIELDING PRO- POOR INCOME NORMAL DISTRIBUTION SCHOOLING POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY RATES ANNUAL GROWTH RATE NATIONAL POVERTY LINE COUNTRY CASE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT CONSUMPTION DATA LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NATIONAL POVERTY ESTIMATION RESULTS ANNUAL GROWTH CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE GLOBAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINES HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS 0 HYPOTHESIS REGION NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY DECLINE POVERTY DEBATE MEASURING POVERTY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES POVERTY CHANGE FIREWOOD HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME PER CAPITA GROWTH POVERTY STATUS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY CHRONIC POVERTY EXPLANATORY VARIABLES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL PROTECTION ECONOMIC REFORMS CHANGES IN POVERTY HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD HEADS FOOD ITEMS EMPIRICAL APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION REDUCING POVERTY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION URBAN RESIDENCE POVERTY MEASUREMENT DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ERROR TERMS DENSITY FUNCTION RURAL POVERTY URBAN AREAS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS RURAL ERROR TERM MIDDLE CLASS LOW-INCOME TRANSFER PROGRAMS POVERTY LEVEL ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RURAL RESIDENTS FOOD SUBSIDIES POOR POPULATION REGIONS GROWTH RATE VILLAGE LEVEL RURAL AREAS POVERTY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY URBAN RESIDENTS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE POINT DECLINE LIVING CONDITIONS DECLINE IN POVERTY POVERTY DYNAMICS MODEL SPECIFICATIONS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY RATE POOR POVERTY ASSESSMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION EXCHANGE RATE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS SELF-EMPLOYMENT POVERTY ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT POLICY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME GROUPS INEQUALITY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS Recent National Sample Surveys point to significant poverty reduction in India since 2004/05, with a marked acceleration between 2009/10 and 2011/12. This paper enquires into important aspects of income mobility between 2004/05 and 2011/12, based on new statistical methods to convert the three pertinent National Sample Survey rounds into synthetic panels. The analysis draws on the synthetic panels to derive a vulnerability line for India that can be used to separate out a population subgroup comprising non-poor households facing a heightened risk of falling into poverty. The paper documents a strong pattern of upward mobility out of poverty and vulnerability into the middle class, with a noticeable acceleration between 2009/10 and 2011/12. The paper further undertakes a careful investigation into the comparability of the survey rounds, prompted by the observation that fairly significant modifications had been made to survey questionnaires. The findings suggest that changes in questionnaire design have not compromised the comparability of the data. 2015-06-02T22:01:48Z 2015-06-02T22:01:48Z 2015-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24513589/poverty-dynamics-india-between-2004-2012-insights-longitudinal-analysis-using-synthetic-panel-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22006 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7270 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia India
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topic LIVING STANDARDS
GROWTH RATES
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
POINT ESTIMATE
POVERTY LINE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
POVERTY LINE YIELDING
PRO- POOR
INCOME
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
SCHOOLING
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY RATES
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
COUNTRY CASE
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
CONSUMPTION DATA
LABOR FORCE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
NATIONAL POVERTY
ESTIMATION RESULTS
ANNUAL GROWTH
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
GLOBAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
0 HYPOTHESIS
REGION
NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY DECLINE
POVERTY DEBATE
MEASURING POVERTY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
POVERTY CHANGE
FIREWOOD
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
PER CAPITA GROWTH
POVERTY STATUS
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
CHRONIC POVERTY
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
ECONOMIC REFORMS
CHANGES IN POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
FOOD ITEMS
EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
POVERTY LINES
CONSUMPTION
REDUCING POVERTY
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
URBAN RESIDENCE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
ERROR TERMS
DENSITY FUNCTION
RURAL POVERTY
URBAN AREAS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS
RURAL
ERROR TERM
MIDDLE CLASS
LOW-INCOME
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
POVERTY LEVEL
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
INSURANCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
RURAL RESIDENTS
FOOD SUBSIDIES
POOR POPULATION
REGIONS
GROWTH RATE
VILLAGE LEVEL
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
URBAN RESIDENTS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
POINT DECLINE
LIVING CONDITIONS
DECLINE IN POVERTY
POVERTY DYNAMICS
MODEL SPECIFICATIONS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POLICY RESEARCH
POVERTY RATE
POOR
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
EXCHANGE RATE
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
POVERTY ANALYSIS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME GROUPS
INEQUALITY
GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
spellingShingle LIVING STANDARDS
GROWTH RATES
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
POINT ESTIMATE
POVERTY LINE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
POVERTY LINE YIELDING
PRO- POOR
INCOME
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
SCHOOLING
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY RATES
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
COUNTRY CASE
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
CONSUMPTION DATA
LABOR FORCE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
NATIONAL POVERTY
ESTIMATION RESULTS
ANNUAL GROWTH
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
GLOBAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
0 HYPOTHESIS
REGION
NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY DECLINE
POVERTY DEBATE
MEASURING POVERTY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
POVERTY CHANGE
FIREWOOD
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
PER CAPITA GROWTH
POVERTY STATUS
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
CHRONIC POVERTY
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
ECONOMIC REFORMS
CHANGES IN POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
FOOD ITEMS
EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
POVERTY LINES
CONSUMPTION
REDUCING POVERTY
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
URBAN RESIDENCE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
ERROR TERMS
DENSITY FUNCTION
RURAL POVERTY
URBAN AREAS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS
RURAL
ERROR TERM
MIDDLE CLASS
LOW-INCOME
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
POVERTY LEVEL
ECONOMICS
EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
INSURANCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
RURAL RESIDENTS
FOOD SUBSIDIES
POOR POPULATION
REGIONS
GROWTH RATE
VILLAGE LEVEL
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
URBAN RESIDENTS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
POINT DECLINE
LIVING CONDITIONS
DECLINE IN POVERTY
POVERTY DYNAMICS
MODEL SPECIFICATIONS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POLICY RESEARCH
POVERTY RATE
POOR
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
EXCHANGE RATE
HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
POVERTY ANALYSIS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME GROUPS
INEQUALITY
GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Lanjouw, Peter F.
Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data
geographic_facet South Asia
India
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7270
description Recent National Sample Surveys point to significant poverty reduction in India since 2004/05, with a marked acceleration between 2009/10 and 2011/12. This paper enquires into important aspects of income mobility between 2004/05 and 2011/12, based on new statistical methods to convert the three pertinent National Sample Survey rounds into synthetic panels. The analysis draws on the synthetic panels to derive a vulnerability line for India that can be used to separate out a population subgroup comprising non-poor households facing a heightened risk of falling into poverty. The paper documents a strong pattern of upward mobility out of poverty and vulnerability into the middle class, with a noticeable acceleration between 2009/10 and 2011/12. The paper further undertakes a careful investigation into the comparability of the survey rounds, prompted by the observation that fairly significant modifications had been made to survey questionnaires. The findings suggest that changes in questionnaire design have not compromised the comparability of the data.
format Working Paper
author Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Lanjouw, Peter F.
author_facet Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Lanjouw, Peter F.
author_sort Dang, Hai-Anh H.
title Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data
title_short Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data
title_full Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data
title_fullStr Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data
title_full_unstemmed Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data
title_sort poverty dynamics in india between 2004 and 2012 : insights from longitudinal analysis using synthetic panel data
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24513589/poverty-dynamics-india-between-2004-2012-insights-longitudinal-analysis-using-synthetic-panel-data
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