A Sensitivity analysis of poverty definitions
Longford, Nicholas T.
Nicodemo, Catia
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada

Date: 2010
Description: 46 p.
Abstract: We conduct a sensitivity analysis of several estimators related to household income, to explore how some details of the definitions of the variables concerned influence the values of the common estimates, such as the mean, median and (poverty) rates. The purpose of this study is to highlight that some of the operational definitions entail an element of arbitrariness which leaves an undesirable stamp on the inferences made. The analyses use both a cross-sectional and a longitudinal (panel) component of the EU-SILC database.
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Language: Anglès
Series: Departament d'Economia Aplicada. Documents de treball
Series: Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 0908
Document: Working paper
Subject: Pobresa ; Models matemàtics



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