Multidimensional Relative Poverty in China: Identification and Decomposition

Wei Zou, Xiaopei Cheng (), Zengzeng Fan and Wenxi Yin
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Wei Zou: School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Xiaopei Cheng: School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Zengzeng Fan: School of Business, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Wenxi Yin: School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-27

Abstract: This paper aims to study the change and decomposition of multidimensional relative poverty in China. The data we use are from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). The data cover 12 provinces in China and span a long period, from reform to precise poverty alleviation. The results show that the multidimensional relative poverty index presents a change pattern of “gradual rise (1991–2004)-decline (2004–2011)-rise again (after 2011)”. The dimensions of education, income, and employment contribute more to multidimensional relative poverty, followed by health and living standards. Multidimensional relative poverty is more severe in rural areas, central and western regions, women, and the elderly. The “incidence of poverty effect” is the main factor in the changes in multidimensional relative poverty, and its contribution is higher than the “intensity of poverty effect”.

Keywords: relative poverty; multidimensional poverty; poverty measurement; decomposition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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