Measuring Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean : Methodological Considerations When Estimating an Empirical Regional Poverty Line

Measuring Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean : Methodological Considerations When Estimating an Empirical Regional Poverty Line

This paper contributes to the methodological literature on the estimation of poverty lines for country poverty comparisons in Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper exploits a unique, comprehensive data set of 86 up-to-date urban official extre...

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Main Authors: Castaneda, R. Andres, Gasparini, Leonardo, Garriga, Santiago, Lucchetti, Leonardo R., Valderrama, Daniel
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
REGIONAL POVERTY LINES
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HEADCOUNT RATIO
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
CAPITA INCOME
POVERTY LINE
MEAN VALUE
INCOME
URBAN POVERTY
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY RATES
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
REGIONAL LEVEL
FOOD COMPONENTS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
COUNTERFACTUAL
DATA COLLECTION
CONSUMPTION DATA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HOUSING
POLITICAL ECONOMY
REGIONAL POVERTY LINE
GLOBAL LEVEL
RURAL INCOMES
NATIONAL POVERTY
EXTREME POVERTY LINE
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
CITIES
GLOBAL POVERTY
MARGINAL EFFECT
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
INFLATION
MEASURES
POVERTY MEASURES
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
REGION
POVERTY REDUCTION
REGIONAL POVERTY
FOOD BASKET
MEASURING POVERTY
PER CAPITA INCOME
CURRENCY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL POVERTY COMPARISONS
EXCHANGE RATES
NON-LINEAR FUNCTION
COST OF LIVING
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
POVERTY STATUS
DATA ISSUES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
POVERTY RANKINGS
RELATIVE PRICES
CHANGES IN POVERTY
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
FOOD ITEMS
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY LINES
CONSUMPTION
POVERTY COMPARISONS
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
DEVELOPING WORLD
DENSITY FUNCTION
RURAL POVERTY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
URBAN AREAS
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
RURAL POVERTY LINES
RURAL
BASIC FOOD BASKET
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
LOCAL CURRENCY
ECONOMICS
RURAL REGIONS
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
DATA SETS
WEIGHT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
POVERTY INDICATORS
WELFARE MEASURES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
REGIONS
EXTREME POVERTY
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
REGIONAL AVERAGES
EXTREME POVERTY LINES
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
POPULATION
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POLICY RESEARCH
POVERTY RATE
POOR
WELFARE MEASURE
EXCHANGE RATE
POVERTY ACROSS COUNTRIES
COUNTRY SPECIFIC
POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
URBAN POPULATION
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
INEQUALITY
GROWTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26173987/measuring-poverty-latin-america-caribbean-methodological-considerations-estimating-empirical-regional-poverty-line
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24163

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