Measuring Household Welfare: Short versus long consumption modules

Measuring Household Welfare: Short versus long consumption modules

AUTHOR(S)
Luisa Natali; Marta Moratti

Published: 2012 Innocenti Working Papers
The literature review mainly focuses on studies from the 1990s on developing countries. Available evidence seems to indicate that short modules underestimate consumption with respect to longer ones resulting in lower levels of recorded consumption and therefore less accurate estimates and higher poverty rates. However, one of the most complete, recent and authoritative studies in the field (Beegle et al., 2010) finds that short modules may actually result in a smaller downward bias compared to the benchmark than other longer consumption modules.
Income Distribution, Poverty and Welfare in Transitional Economies: A comparison between Eastern Europe and China

Income Distribution, Poverty and Welfare in Transitional Economies: A comparison between Eastern Europe and China

AUTHOR(S)
Giovanni Andrea Cornia

Cite this publication | No. of pages: 48 | Thematic area: Countries in Transition | Tags: economic transition, income distribution, poverty, welfare economics | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence
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