Using the downside mean-semideviation for measuring vulnerability to poverty

Mauricio Gallardo

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 120, issue 3, 416-418

Abstract: This paper introduces a new approach for measuring vulnerability to poverty, using the standard downside mean-semideviation as a risk parameter. We identify vulnerability by comparing the uncertain outcomes of household well-being with poverty line in a mean-risk behavior framework.

Keywords: Poverty; Vulnerability; Mean-risk models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.05.023

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