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Within-Country Poverty Convergence : Evidence from Mexico

López-Calva, Luis Felipe - 2020

Trends in aggregate growth and poverty reduction hide a multiplicity of development processes at the local level. The analysis reported in this paper exploits a unique panel dataset of poverty maps covering almost 2,400 municipalities in Mexico and spanning 22 years, first, to test hypothesis...

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Within-country poverty convergence: evidence from Mexico

López-Calva, Luis F.; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; … - 2020

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Kernel Density Estimation Basedon Grouped Data; The Case of Poverty Assessment

Minoiu, Camelia; Reddy, Sanjay - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

We analyze the performance of kernel density methods applied to grouped data to estimate poverty (as applied in Sala-i-Martin, 2006, QJE). Using Monte Carlo simulations and household surveys, we find that the technique gives rise to biases in poverty estimates, the sign and magnitude of which...

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Namibia; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Selected Issues paper analyzes unemployment and education in Namibia. Using the Afrobarometer Project survey data …

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Calorie demand and labour productivity in Peru: evidence from the National Household Survey 1998 - 2002

Lavado, Pablo; Gallegos, José - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2005

2002 National Household Survey (ENAHO), we first estimate an extended Mincer equation using the two-step Heckman procedure …

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Poverty and household demographic behaviour in Pakistan - insights from PLM survey 1979

Mohammad, Irfan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1985

differentials are discussed in the third section. Although the population, labour force and migration (PLM) survey serves as major …

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An introduction to the 1998-99 Pakistan socioeconomic survey (PSES)

G. M., Arif; Syed, Mubashir Ali; Nasir, Zafar Mueen; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

This brief paper is quite focused. It describes the methodology and scope of the household survey carried out by the … household survey, followed by the design of the survey as proposed in the MIMAP project. The modified design is presented in … the survey are discussed respectively in Sections 9 and 10. The sample characteristics are reported in the last section. …

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Determinants of poverty during transition: household survey evidence from Ukraine

Brück, Tilman; Danzer, Alexander M.; Muravyev, Alexander; … - 2007

The paper analyzes the incidence, the severity and the determinants of household poverty in Ukraine during transition using two comparable surveys from 1996 and 2004. We measure poverty using income and consumption and contrast the effects of various poverty lines. Poverty in both periods...

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Determinants Of Poverty During Transition: Household Survey Evidence From Ukraine

Brück1, Tilman; Danzer, Alexander; Muravyev, Alexander; … - Poverty Research Unit, University of Sussex - 2007

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Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty: A Review

Bigsten, Arne; Levin, Jorgen - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2001

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