Empirical Analysis of Determinants, Distribution and Dynamics of Poverty.

• Superior document: Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series ; v.19
• Author: Harttgen, Kenneth.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2007.; Ã2008.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 pages)

Table of Contents

• Cover
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction and Overview
• 1 A Regional Puzzle of Child Mortality and Undernutrition
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.1.1 Child Mortality and Undernutrition
• 1.1.2 The South Asia - Sub-Saharan Africa Enigma
• 1.2 Methodology
• 1.2.1 Multilevel Analysis
• 1.2.2 The Basic Multilevel Model
• 1.2.3 Model Specification
• 1.3 Empirical Analysis
• 1.3.1 Data Description
• 1.3.2 Descriptive Statistics
• 1.3.3 Regression Results
• 1.3.4 Simulations
• 1.4 Conclusion
• 2 The Impact of HIV on Childrens' Welfare
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Literature Review on the Impact of HIV/AIDS
• 2.2.1 Development of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
• 2.2.2 The Macro-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS
• 2.2.3 The Micro-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS
• 2.3 Methodology
• 2.3.1 Survival Model Framework
• 2.3.2 Ordinary Least Squares and Logistic Model
• 2.4 Empirical Analysis
• 2.4.1 Data Description
• 2.4.2 Descriptive Statistics
• 2.4.3 Estimation Results
• 2.5 Conclusion
• 3 Measuring Pro Poor Growth in Non-Income Dimensions
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 The Concept of Pro-Poor Growth
• 3.2.1 Definition of Pro-Poor Growth
• 3.2.2 Multidimensionality of Pro-Poor Growth
• 3.3 Methodology
• 3.3.1 The Growth Incidence Curve
• 3.3.2 The Non-Income Growth Incidence Curve
• 3.3.3 Specification of the Non-Income Indicators
• 3.3.4 Limitations of the Indicators
• 3.4 Empirical Analysis
• 3.4.1 Inequality
• 3.4.2 Pro-Poor Growth
• 3.5 Conclusion
• 4 Estimating Vulnerability to Covariate and Idiosyncratic Shocks
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 The Concept of Vulnerability
• 4.3 Estimates of Vulnerability
• 4.4 Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks
• 4.5 Methodology
• 4.5.1 Mean and Variance in Consumption
• 4.5.2 Assumptions and Critical Issues
• 4.5.3 Multilevel Analysis.
• 4.5.4 The Impact of Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks
• 4.6 Empirical Analysis
• 4.6.1 Data Description and Model Specification
• 4.6.2 Estimation Results
• 4.6.3 Vulnerability to Poverty
• 4.7 Conclusion
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Bibliography.