Estimating Poverty with Panel Data, Comparably
Poverty estimates based on enumeration from a single point in time form the cornerstone for much of the literature on poverty. Households are typically interviewed once about their consumption or income, and their wellbeing is assessed from their responses. Global estimates of poverty that aggregate poverty counts from all countries implicitly assume that the counts are comparable. This paper illustrates that this assumption of comparability is potentially invalid when households are interviewed multiple times with repeat visits throughout the year. The paper provides an example from Jordan, where the internationally comparable approach of handling the data from repeat visits yields a poverty rate that is 26 percent greater than the rate that is currently reported as the official estimate. The paper also explores alternative definitions of poverty, informed in part by the psychological and biophysical literature on the long-run effects of short-term exposure to poverty or generally adverse environments. This alternative concept of poverty suggests that the prevalence of those who have been affected by poverty in Jordan during 2010 is more than twice as large as the official 2010 estimate of poverty.
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dig-okr-10986224572024-08-07T20:21:25Z Estimating Poverty with Panel Data, Comparably An Example from Jordan Serajuddin, Umar Jolliffe, Dean HOUSEHOLD INCOMES LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMINES SQUARED POVERTY GAP INCOME FOOD CONSUMPTION AVERAGE LEVEL POVERTY INDICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION POVERTY ESTIMATES NATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONSUMPTION DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING NATIONAL POVERTY POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP INDEX INCOME SUPPORT NATIONAL POVERTY RATE FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA GLOBAL POVERTY SOCIAL PROGRAMS MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES REGION POVERTY REDUCTION COPING STRATEGIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY REDUCTION STRATEGY FOOD BASKET DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY GAP INCOME INEQUALITY TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS BUSINESS CYCLE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS CHANGES IN POVERTY CREDIT PROGRAMS POVERTY STATISTICS CASH TRANSFERS DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE REAL INCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION POVERTY DATA HUMAN CAPITAL POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT REDUCTION IN POVERTY POLICY MAKERS CHRONICALLY POOR AGGREGATE POVERTY DENSITY FUNCTION FAMILY INCOME MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX CATEGORICAL TARGETING IMPACT OF SHOCKS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY NUTRITION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET PUBLIC WORKS SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS INSURANCE TARGETING MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS RICH COUNTRIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING POOR POPULATION EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY POLICY IMPLICATIONS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION POVERTY UPDATE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY RATE POOR FOOD PRICES CHILD POVERTY SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX ELIGIBILITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY INCOME VOLATILITY INEQUALITY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PERSON Poverty estimates based on enumeration from a single point in time form the cornerstone for much of the literature on poverty. Households are typically interviewed once about their consumption or income, and their wellbeing is assessed from their responses. Global estimates of poverty that aggregate poverty counts from all countries implicitly assume that the counts are comparable. This paper illustrates that this assumption of comparability is potentially invalid when households are interviewed multiple times with repeat visits throughout the year. The paper provides an example from Jordan, where the internationally comparable approach of handling the data from repeat visits yields a poverty rate that is 26 percent greater than the rate that is currently reported as the official estimate. The paper also explores alternative definitions of poverty, informed in part by the psychological and biophysical literature on the long-run effects of short-term exposure to poverty or generally adverse environments. This alternative concept of poverty suggests that the prevalence of those who have been affected by poverty in Jordan during 2010 is more than twice as large as the official 2010 estimate of poverty. 2015-08-17T19:35:03Z 2015-08-17T19:35:03Z 2015-07 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24808122/estimating-poverty-panel-data-comparably-example-jordan https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22457 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7373 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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HOUSEHOLD INCOMES LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMINES SQUARED POVERTY GAP INCOME FOOD CONSUMPTION AVERAGE LEVEL POVERTY INDICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION POVERTY ESTIMATES NATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONSUMPTION DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING NATIONAL POVERTY POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP INDEX INCOME SUPPORT NATIONAL POVERTY RATE FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA GLOBAL POVERTY SOCIAL PROGRAMS MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES REGION POVERTY REDUCTION COPING STRATEGIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY REDUCTION STRATEGY FOOD BASKET DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY GAP INCOME INEQUALITY TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS BUSINESS CYCLE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS CHANGES IN POVERTY CREDIT PROGRAMS POVERTY STATISTICS CASH TRANSFERS DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE REAL INCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION POVERTY DATA HUMAN CAPITAL POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT REDUCTION IN POVERTY POLICY MAKERS CHRONICALLY POOR AGGREGATE POVERTY DENSITY FUNCTION FAMILY INCOME MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX CATEGORICAL TARGETING IMPACT OF SHOCKS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY NUTRITION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET PUBLIC WORKS SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS INSURANCE TARGETING MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS RICH COUNTRIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING POOR POPULATION EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY POLICY IMPLICATIONS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION POVERTY UPDATE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY RATE POOR FOOD PRICES CHILD POVERTY SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX ELIGIBILITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY INCOME VOLATILITY INEQUALITY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PERSON HOUSEHOLD INCOMES LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMINES SQUARED POVERTY GAP INCOME FOOD CONSUMPTION AVERAGE LEVEL POVERTY INDICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION POVERTY ESTIMATES NATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONSUMPTION DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING NATIONAL POVERTY POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP INDEX INCOME SUPPORT NATIONAL POVERTY RATE FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA GLOBAL POVERTY SOCIAL PROGRAMS MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES REGION POVERTY REDUCTION COPING STRATEGIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY REDUCTION STRATEGY FOOD BASKET DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY GAP INCOME INEQUALITY TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS BUSINESS CYCLE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS CHANGES IN POVERTY CREDIT PROGRAMS POVERTY STATISTICS CASH TRANSFERS DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE REAL INCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION POVERTY DATA HUMAN CAPITAL POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT REDUCTION IN POVERTY POLICY MAKERS CHRONICALLY POOR AGGREGATE POVERTY DENSITY FUNCTION FAMILY INCOME MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX CATEGORICAL TARGETING IMPACT OF SHOCKS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY NUTRITION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET PUBLIC WORKS SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS INSURANCE TARGETING MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS RICH COUNTRIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING POOR POPULATION EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY POLICY IMPLICATIONS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION POVERTY UPDATE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY RATE POOR FOOD PRICES CHILD POVERTY SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX ELIGIBILITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY INCOME VOLATILITY INEQUALITY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PERSON |
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HOUSEHOLD INCOMES LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMINES SQUARED POVERTY GAP INCOME FOOD CONSUMPTION AVERAGE LEVEL POVERTY INDICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION POVERTY ESTIMATES NATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONSUMPTION DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING NATIONAL POVERTY POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP INDEX INCOME SUPPORT NATIONAL POVERTY RATE FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA GLOBAL POVERTY SOCIAL PROGRAMS MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES REGION POVERTY REDUCTION COPING STRATEGIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY REDUCTION STRATEGY FOOD BASKET DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY GAP INCOME INEQUALITY TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS BUSINESS CYCLE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS CHANGES IN POVERTY CREDIT PROGRAMS POVERTY STATISTICS CASH TRANSFERS DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE REAL INCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION POVERTY DATA HUMAN CAPITAL POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT REDUCTION IN POVERTY POLICY MAKERS CHRONICALLY POOR AGGREGATE POVERTY DENSITY FUNCTION FAMILY INCOME MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX CATEGORICAL TARGETING IMPACT OF SHOCKS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY NUTRITION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET PUBLIC WORKS SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS INSURANCE TARGETING MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS RICH COUNTRIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING POOR POPULATION EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY POLICY IMPLICATIONS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION POVERTY UPDATE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY RATE POOR FOOD PRICES CHILD POVERTY SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX ELIGIBILITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY INCOME VOLATILITY INEQUALITY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PERSON HOUSEHOLD INCOMES LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMINES SQUARED POVERTY GAP INCOME FOOD CONSUMPTION AVERAGE LEVEL POVERTY INDICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION POVERTY ESTIMATES NATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONSUMPTION DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING NATIONAL POVERTY POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP INDEX INCOME SUPPORT NATIONAL POVERTY RATE FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA GLOBAL POVERTY SOCIAL PROGRAMS MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES REGION POVERTY REDUCTION COPING STRATEGIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY REDUCTION STRATEGY FOOD BASKET DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY GAP INCOME INEQUALITY TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS BUSINESS CYCLE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS CHANGES IN POVERTY CREDIT PROGRAMS POVERTY STATISTICS CASH TRANSFERS DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE REAL INCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION POVERTY DATA HUMAN CAPITAL POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT REDUCTION IN POVERTY POLICY MAKERS CHRONICALLY POOR AGGREGATE POVERTY DENSITY FUNCTION FAMILY INCOME MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX CATEGORICAL TARGETING IMPACT OF SHOCKS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY NUTRITION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET PUBLIC WORKS SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS INSURANCE TARGETING MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS RICH COUNTRIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING POOR POPULATION EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY POLICY IMPLICATIONS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION POVERTY UPDATE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY RATE POOR FOOD PRICES CHILD POVERTY SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX ELIGIBILITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY INCOME VOLATILITY INEQUALITY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PERSON Serajuddin, Umar Jolliffe, Dean Estimating Poverty with Panel Data, Comparably |
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Poverty estimates based on enumeration
from a single point in time form the cornerstone for much of
the literature on poverty. Households are typically
interviewed once about their consumption or income, and
their wellbeing is assessed from their responses. Global
estimates of poverty that aggregate poverty counts from all
countries implicitly assume that the counts are comparable.
This paper illustrates that this assumption of comparability
is potentially invalid when households are interviewed
multiple times with repeat visits throughout the year. The
paper provides an example from Jordan, where the
internationally comparable approach of handling the data
from repeat visits yields a poverty rate that is 26 percent
greater than the rate that is currently reported as the
official estimate. The paper also explores alternative
definitions of poverty, informed in part by the
psychological and biophysical literature on the long-run
effects of short-term exposure to poverty or generally
adverse environments. This alternative concept of poverty
suggests that the prevalence of those who have been affected
by poverty in Jordan during 2010 is more than twice as large
as the official 2010 estimate of poverty. |
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HOUSEHOLD INCOMES LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMINES SQUARED POVERTY GAP INCOME FOOD CONSUMPTION AVERAGE LEVEL POVERTY INDICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION POVERTY ESTIMATES NATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONSUMPTION DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING NATIONAL POVERTY POOR PEOPLE POVERTY GAP INDEX INCOME SUPPORT NATIONAL POVERTY RATE FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA GLOBAL POVERTY SOCIAL PROGRAMS MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES REGION POVERTY REDUCTION COPING STRATEGIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY REDUCTION STRATEGY FOOD BASKET DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY GAP INCOME INEQUALITY TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS BUSINESS CYCLE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS CHANGES IN POVERTY CREDIT PROGRAMS POVERTY STATISTICS CASH TRANSFERS DECOMPOSABLE POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE REAL INCOMES UNEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION POVERTY DATA HUMAN CAPITAL POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT REDUCTION IN POVERTY POLICY MAKERS CHRONICALLY POOR AGGREGATE POVERTY DENSITY FUNCTION FAMILY INCOME MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY HEADCOUNT INDEX CATEGORICAL TARGETING IMPACT OF SHOCKS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY NUTRITION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET PUBLIC WORKS SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS INSURANCE TARGETING MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS RICH COUNTRIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING POOR POPULATION EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY POLICY IMPLICATIONS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION POVERTY UPDATE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY RATE POOR FOOD PRICES CHILD POVERTY SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX ELIGIBILITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY INCOME VOLATILITY INEQUALITY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PERSON |
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Serajuddin, Umar Jolliffe, Dean |
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Serajuddin, Umar Jolliffe, Dean |
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Estimating Poverty with Panel Data, Comparably |
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Estimating Poverty with Panel Data, Comparably |
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Estimating Poverty with Panel Data, Comparably |
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Estimating Poverty with Panel Data, Comparably |
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Estimating Poverty with Panel Data, Comparably |
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estimating poverty with panel data, comparably |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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