Poverty in India during the 1990s : A Regional Perspective

The authors provide estimates of poverty at the regional level in India, spanning the 1990s. Such estimates have not been previously available due to concerns regarding non-comparability of the 1993-94 and 1999-2000 National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) household survey data. They implement an adjustment procedure to restore comparability based on a methodology developed by Elbers and others (2003). The results indicate a less rapid decline of poverty, at the all-India level than has been suggested by Deaton and Dre (2002), based on a related adjustment methodology. The authors attempt to uncover the source of disagreement across these procedures, by probing a number of their underlying assumptions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Kijima, Yoko, Lanjouw, Peter
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2003-10
Subjects:	AVERAGE POVERTY, CAPITA EXPENDITURE, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, COVARIANCE MATRIX, DATA AVAILABILITY, DATA SOURCES, DECLINE IN POVERTY, DEMOGRAPHICS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, DURABLE GOODS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC REFORM, EMPIRICAL MODEL, EMPLOYMENT, EXPENDITURE VARIABLE, EXPENDITURES, EXPLANATORY VARIABLES, FOOD CONSUMPTION, HIGH POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HUMAN CAPITAL, IMPOVERISHMENT, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INTERMEDIATE GOODS, LIVING STANDARDS, LONGITUDINAL DATA, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, NATIONAL LEVEL, POINT DECLINE, POLICY RESEARCH, POOR, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY COMPARISONS, POVERTY DECLINE, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY TRENDS, QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN, REDUCING POVERTY, REGIONAL POVERTY, REGRESSION MODELS, RELATIVE POVERTY, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POVERTY, SAMPLE SIZE, SAMPLE SIZES, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POVERTY, WAGES POVERTY INCIDENCE, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, ADJUSTMENT PROCESS, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, POVERTY ANALYSIS, CONSUMPTION DEFINITIONS, MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, INEQUITY, POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS, WAGE LEVELS, EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2579638/poverty-india-during-1990s-regional-perspective https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18034
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