Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change

Small area poverty maps allow for the design of policies based on spatial differences in welfare. They are typically estimated based on a consumption survey reporting on poverty and a census providing the spatial disaggregation. This paper presents...

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Main Authors:	Lange, Simon, Pape, Utz Johann, Putz, Peter
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	POVERTY ESTIMATE SMALL AREA ESTIMATION CENSUS CONSUMPTION SURVEY POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MAPPING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612621528823563131/Small-area-estimation-of-poverty-under-structural-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29901

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spelling	okr-10986-299012021-06-14T10:08:23Z Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change Lange, Simon Pape, Utz Johann Putz, Peter POVERTY ESTIMATE SMALL AREA ESTIMATION CENSUS CONSUMPTION SURVEY POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MAPPING Small area poverty maps allow for the design of policies based on spatial differences in welfare. They are typically estimated based on a consumption survey reporting on poverty and a census providing the spatial disaggregation. This paper presents a new method which allows for the estimation of up-to-date small area poverty maps when only a dated census and a more recent survey are available and predictors and structural parameters are subject to drift over time, a situation commonly encountered in practice. Instead of using survey variables to explain consumption in the survey, the new approach uses variables constructed from the census. The proposed estimator has fewer data requirements and weaker assumptions than common small area poverty map estimators. Applications to simulated data and to poverty estimation in Brazil show an overall good performance. 2018-06-19T15:35:33Z 2018-06-19T15:35:33Z 2018-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612621528823563131/Small-area-estimation-of-poverty-under-structural-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29901 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8472 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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spellingShingle	POVERTY ESTIMATE SMALL AREA ESTIMATION CENSUS CONSUMPTION SURVEY POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MAPPING Lange, Simon Pape, Utz Johann Putz, Peter Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change
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description	Small area poverty maps allow for the design of policies based on spatial differences in welfare. They are typically estimated based on a consumption survey reporting on poverty and a census providing the spatial disaggregation. This paper presents a new method which allows for the estimation of up-to-date small area poverty maps when only a dated census and a more recent survey are available and predictors and structural parameters are subject to drift over time, a situation commonly encountered in practice. Instead of using survey variables to explain consumption in the survey, the new approach uses variables constructed from the census. The proposed estimator has fewer data requirements and weaker assumptions than common small area poverty map estimators. Applications to simulated data and to poverty estimation in Brazil show an overall good performance.
format	Working Paper
author	Lange, Simon Pape, Utz Johann Putz, Peter
author_facet	Lange, Simon Pape, Utz Johann Putz, Peter
author_sort	Lange, Simon
title	Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change
title_short	Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change
title_full	Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change
title_fullStr	Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change
title_full_unstemmed	Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change
title_sort	small area estimation of poverty under structural change
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612621528823563131/Small-area-estimation-of-poverty-under-structural-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29901
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Small Area Estimation of Poverty under Structural Change

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