Poverty Dynamics in Iran (in Persian)

Mohammad Eslami and Mohammad Hoseini ()
Additional contact information
Mohammad Eslami: Tehran Ins titute for Advanced S tudies, Khatam University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Hoseini: Institute for Management and Planning Studies, Tehran, Iran

The Journal of Planning and Budgeting (٠صلنامه برنامه ریزی و بودجه), 2024, vol. 29, issue 2, 3-40

Abstract: Understanding the distribution of poverty within society—whether chronic or transient—is crucial for designing and implementing effective poverty reduction policies. This paper uses seven panels of data spanning different periods from the 1990s to the 2020s to estimate chronic poverty trends in Iran, applying two methods: the components method and the equally distributed equivalent (EDE) poverty gap method. The components method reveals a lower proportion of chronic poverty compared to the EDE approach, which estimates this figure at an average of 88%. Over time, chronic poverty trends have paralleled broader macroeconomic conditions, declining from the 1990s through the early 2010s, stabilizing briefly, and then increasing again by the late 2010s. The EDE poverty gap method also distinguishes chronic poverty into two parts: the average poverty gap and an inequality component. The findings suggest that changes in chronic poverty are primarily driven by fluctuations in the average poverty gap, with inter-individual inequality playing a less prominent role, despite consistently comprising a larger share of chronic poverty.

Keywords: Poverty Dynamics; Chronic Poverty; Transient Poverty; Permanent Income; Inequality; Iran. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 I32 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://eprj.ir/article-1-2276-en.pdf (application/pdf)
http://eprj.ir/article-1-2276-en.html (text/html)
http://eprj.ir/article-1-2276-fa.html (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:auv:jipbud:v:29:y:2024:i:2:p:3-40

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in The Journal of Planning and Budgeting (٠صلنامه برنامه ریزی و بودجه) from Institute for Management and Planning studies Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Nahid Jebeli ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).