POVERTY STATICS AND DYNAMICS: DOES THE ACCOUNTING PERIOD MATTER?

Olga Cantó (), Coral del Río and Carlos Gradín ()
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Coral del Río: Universidad de Vigo.

No 22-02 Classification-JEL : D1, D31, I32., Working Papers from Instituto de Estudios Fiscales

Abstract: . Deciding on over what period should household income be measured in order to assess poverty may have significant effects on the incidence, the characterisation of poverty and its persistence. In general, there are two possible household income variables available in household surveys: Annual or current income. Surprisingly, the literature on poverty offers few pieces of research on this matter. In this paper we use a sub-annual panel on incomes for Spain in order to measure the effects of the income accounting period on both the statics (incidence and characterisation) and dynamics of poverty (mobility, exit and entry rates). Our analysis indicates that the accounting period option matters for results on poverty statics and dynamics.

Keywords: income distribution; sensitivity analysis; accounting period; poverty statics; poverty dynamics; Spain. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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