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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Duclos, Jean-Yves, Araar, Abdelkrim, Giles, John
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5676