Empirical Analysis of Poverty Dynamics : : With Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Author: Günther, Isabel.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2007.; ©2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (174 pages)

The empirical analysis of poverty over time is still severely constrained by the available survey data in developing countries. In the past, this has led to a neglect of certain aspects of poverty dynamics or even biased assessments of poverty dynamics. This book explicitly takes into account the pr...

Table of Contents

• Cover
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction and Overview
• 1 A Growth-Poverty-Paradox?
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 The Paradox
• 1.3 Biased Poverty Estimates
• 1.3.1 Poverty Line
• 1.3.2 Welfare Aggregate
• 1.3.3 Survey Design
• 1.4 Revised Growth-Poverty Assessments
• 1.4.1 Revised Poverty and Inequality Estimates
• 1.4.2 Robustness Check
• 1.4.3 Growth Elasticities of Poverty
• 1.5 Conclusion
• 1.5.1 The 'Arithmetic' Paradox
• 1.5.2 The 'Economic' Paradox
• 2 Pro-Poor Growth and Inflation Inequality
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Measurements of Pro-Poor Growth
• 2.3 Theory and Empirics of Inflation Inequality
• 2.3.1 Homogenous Price Indices
• 2.3.2 Heterogenous Consumption Patterns and Prices
• 2.4 Methodology
• 2.4.1 Growth Incidence Curve with PCPIs
• 2.4.2 Triple Decomposition of Poverty
• 2.5 Empirical Application
• 2.5.1 Data Description
• 2.5.2 Growth Incidence Curve with PCPIs
• 2.5.3 Triple Decomposition of Poverty
• 2.6 Conclusion
• 3 Vulnerability to Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Concepts and Estimates of Vulnerability
• 3.2.1 Concepts of Vulnerability
• 3.2.2 Estimates of Vulnerability
• 3.2.3 Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks
• 3.3 Methodology
• 3.3.1 Mean and Variance of Consumption
• 3.3.2 Multilevel Analysis
• 3.3.3 Idiosyncratic and Covariate Variance
• 3.3.4 Critical Discussion
• 3.4 Empirical Application
• 3.4.1 Data Description
• 3.4.2 Estimation Results
• 3.4.3 Vulnerability to Poverty
• 3.4.4 Sources of Vulnerability
• 3.5 Conclusion
• 4 A Competitive and Segmented Labor Market
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.1.1 Theory of Informal Labor Markets
• 4.1.2 Empirics of Informal Labor Markets
• 4.2 Econometric Model
• 4.2.1 Specification
• 4.2.2 Test for Segmentation or Competitiveness
• 4.2.3 Implementation.
• 4.3 Empirical Application
• 4.3.1 Data Description
• 4.3.2 Heterogenous Informal Labor Markets
• 4.3.3 Competitive or Segmented Labor Markets?
• 4.4 Conclusion
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Bibliography.