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The Measurement of Chronic and Transitory Poverty; with Application to the United States
, 1991
"... This paper proposes a method of measuring chronic and transitory poverty based on any additively-decomposable index of aggregate poverty. Chronic poverty and transitory poverty in the United States are measured using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1987 interviewing year). In an attemp ..."
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This paper proposes a method of measuring chronic and transitory poverty based on any additively-decomposable index of aggregate poverty. Chronic poverty and transitory poverty in the United States are measured using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1987 interviewing year
Chronic and Transitory Poverty in Australia 2001-2004
, 2006
"... Many people experience poverty at some time in their lives. Tertiary students are an example, but most of them will escape poverty at the conclusion of their studies. People in transition between jobs may be in poverty temporarily and have to consume out of past savings. This type of poverty – trans ..."
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– transitory poverty – should be of less concern than prolonged, chronic poverty yet little is known about the extent of chronic poverty in Australia. This paper uses data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey to measure chronic and transitory poverty from 2000-01 to 2003
Chronic and Transitory Poverty over the Life Cycle
"... This study estimates chronic and transitory rates of poverty in Australia using the concept of permanent income and longitudinal data covering the period July 2001 through June 2007. We sketch a picture of chronic and transitory poverty over the life cycle by decomposing the poverty rate for the ent ..."
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This study estimates chronic and transitory rates of poverty in Australia using the concept of permanent income and longitudinal data covering the period July 2001 through June 2007. We sketch a picture of chronic and transitory poverty over the life cycle by decomposing the poverty rate
Crime, transitory poverty, and isolation: Evidence from Madagascar
- Economic Development and Cultural Change
, 2006
"... This paper investigates the relationship between poverty and crime. Following a disputed presidential election, fuel supply to the highlands of Madagascar was severely curtailed in early 2002, resulting in a massive increase in poverty and transport costs. Using original survey data collected in Jun ..."
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in June 2002 at the height of the crisis, we …nd that crop theft increases with transitory poverty. Theft thus appears to be used by some of the rural poor as a risk coping strategy. Increased transport costs led to a rise in cattle and crop theft, con…rming earlier …ndings that, in Madagascar
Avoiding Chronic and Transitory Poverty: Evidence from Egypt, 1997-99
, 2002
"... This paper uses a panel data of 347 households in Egypt to measure changes in household consumption between 1997 and 1999 and to identify causes behind the changes. Per capita consumption decreased for the households during this time and, while not dramatic, it occurred at all points along the distr ..."
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always poor. We use quantile regression methods to identify the factors that explain total, chronic, and transitory poverty. While our analysis ably documents the extent of transitory poverty, it does not explain well the determinants of this type of poverty. The predominantly chronic nature of poverty
2008), “Chronic and Transitory Poverty in Pakistan: Evidence from a Longitudinal Household Survey,” Background paper for the Pakistan Poverty Assessment Project, the World Bank
"... This paper analyses the incidence of chronic and transitory poverty in Pakistan in both urban and rural settings. The findings are that rural poverty is severer and also chronic as compared to transitory poverty in urban centres. The main factor behind this phenomenon is the homogeneity of the rural ..."
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This paper analyses the incidence of chronic and transitory poverty in Pakistan in both urban and rural settings. The findings are that rural poverty is severer and also chronic as compared to transitory poverty in urban centres. The main factor behind this phenomenon is the homogeneity
Chronic and transitory poverty in post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal
- Journal of Poverty Studies
, 2001
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Chronic and Transitory Poverty in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal
, 2000
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The work reported here is the outcome of a collaborative project between researchers
Diskussionspapiere Discussion Papers Discussion Paper No. 256
"... ISSN 1433-0210Decomposing permanent and transitory poverty ..."
carried out at UNU-MERIT and MGSoG to stimulate discussion on the issues raised. Chronic and Transitory Poverty in the Kyrgyz Republic What Can Synthetic Panels Tell Us?
, 2012
"... The Kyrgyz Republic has enjoyed remarkable success in poverty reduction in recent years. Poverty headcounts were halved between 2005 (63.9%) and 2008 (31.3%), before they slightly increased again to 33.7 % (2010). However, these aggregate figures mask individual or household trajectories into and ou ..."
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The Kyrgyz Republic has enjoyed remarkable success in poverty reduction in recent years. Poverty headcounts were halved between 2005 (63.9%) and 2008 (31.3%), before they slightly increased again to 33.7 % (2010). However, these aggregate figures mask individual or household trajectories
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