Empirical Analysis of Poverty Dynamics : With Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa

Empirical Analysis of Poverty Dynamics With Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa

The empirical analysis of poverty over time is still severely constrained by the available survey data in developing countries. In the past, this has led to a neglect of certain aspects of poverty dynamics or even biased assessments of poverty dynamics. This book explicitly takes into account the pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Günther, Isabel (-)
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2007.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics.
Materias:
Political science > Theory.
Development economics.
Africa
Analysis
Armut
Case
Dynamics
Empirical
from
Günther
Inflation Inequality
Poverty
Pro-Poor Growth
Saharan
Schwarzafrika
Studies
Vulnerability to Poverty
With
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction and Overview
  • 1 A Growth-Poverty-Paradox?
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 The Paradox
  • 1.3 Biased Poverty Estimates
  • 1.3.1 Poverty Line
  • 1.3.2 Welfare Aggregate
  • 1.3.3 Survey Design
  • 1.4 Revised Growth-Poverty Assessments
  • 1.4.1 Revised Poverty and Inequality Estimates
  • 1.4.2 Robustness Check
  • 1.4.3 Growth Elasticities of Poverty
  • 1.5 Conclusion
  • 1.5.1 The 'Arithmetic' Paradox
  • 1.5.2 The 'Economic' Paradox
  • 2 Pro-Poor Growth and Inflation Inequality
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Measurements of Pro-Poor Growth
  • 2.3 Theory and Empirics of Inflation Inequality
  • 2.3.1 Homogenous Price Indices
  • 2.3.2 Heterogenous Consumption Patterns and Prices
  • 2.4 Methodology
  • 2.4.1 Growth Incidence Curve with PCPIs
  • 2.4.2 Triple Decomposition of Poverty
  • 2.5 Empirical Application
  • 2.5.1 Data Description
  • 2.5.2 Growth Incidence Curve with PCPIs
  • 2.5.3 Triple Decomposition of Poverty
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • 3 Vulnerability to Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Concepts and Estimates of Vulnerability
  • 3.2.1 Concepts of Vulnerability
  • 3.2.2 Estimates of Vulnerability
  • 3.2.3 Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks
  • 3.3 Methodology
  • 3.3.1 Mean and Variance of Consumption
  • 3.3.2 Multilevel Analysis
  • 3.3.3 Idiosyncratic and Covariate Variance
  • 3.3.4 Critical Discussion
  • 3.4 Empirical Application
  • 3.4.1 Data Description
  • 3.4.2 Estimation Results
  • 3.4.3 Vulnerability to Poverty
  • 3.4.4 Sources of Vulnerability
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • 4 A Competitive and Segmented Labor Market
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.1.1 Theory of Informal Labor Markets
  • 4.1.2 Empirics of Informal Labor Markets
  • 4.2 Econometric Model
  • 4.2.1 Specification
  • 4.2.2 Test for Segmentation or Competitiveness
  • 4.2.3 Implementation.
  • 4.3 Empirical Application
  • 4.3.1 Data Description
  • 4.3.2 Heterogenous Informal Labor Markets
  • 4.3.3 Competitive or Segmented Labor Markets?
  • 4.4 Conclusion
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Bibliography.

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