Assessing Asset Indices

This paper compares how results using various methods to construct asset indices match results using per capita expenditures. The analysis shows that inferences about inequalities in education, health care use, fertility, child mortality, as well a...

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Main Authors:	Filmer, Deon, Scott, Kinnon
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADULT LITERACY ADULT POPULATION AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS ALTERNATIVE ASSET ANTENATAL CARE ASSET OWNERSHIP ASSETS BANK POLICY BASIC EDUCATION BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS CARE FOR CHILDREN CASH TRANSFERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SURVIVAL COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITY HEALTH CONSUMER DURABLE CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CULTURAL CHANGE DEMAND FOR FOOD DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DRINKING WATER DUMMY VARIABLES DURABLE ASSETS DURABLE GOODS DURABLES EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS ECONOMIC TRANSITION ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENTS EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FERTILITY GENDER GENDER INEQUALITY HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE USE HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE HOLDING HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLITERATE ADULTS ILLNESS IMMUNIZATIONS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INEQUITIES JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LEVEL OF MORTALITY LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITY MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION ORPHANS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION STUDIES PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE FUNDING PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES RADIO RURAL AREAS RURAL RESIDENCE SANITATION SELF EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE QUALITY SERVICE UTILIZATION SEX SHOCKS TO INCOME SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER STATEMENTS TELEVISION TRANSITION ECONOMIES URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VALUE OF ASSETS VULNERABILITY WEALTH EFFECTS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YIELD YOUNG CHILDREN
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