Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement and Estimation, with Evidence from China

• Published in: IDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
• Main Authors: Duclos, Jean-Yves, Araar, Abdelkrim, Giles, John T
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2006
• Subjects: Measurement techniques

The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide corrections for the statistical biases introduced when using a small number of periods to estimate the...