Multidimensional Poverty in China: Findings Based on the CHNS

Jiantuo Yu ()

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2013, vol. 112, issue 2, 315-336

Abstract: This paper estimates multidimensional poverty in China by applying the Alkire-Foster methodology to the China Health and Nutrition Survey 2000–2009 data. Five dimensions are included: income, living standard, education, health and social security. Results suggest that rapid economic growth has resulted not only in a reduction in income poverty but also in a reduction in multidimensional poverty in the last decade, both in terms of its prevalence and intensity. However, many challenges remain. There are wide disparities across provinces and between urban and rural areas, with poverty being 1.5 times higher in rural areas than in urban ones in 2009. Moreover, rising deprivation in education in rural and less developed provinces should also be a policymaking concern. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

Keywords: Multidimensional poverty; Poverty measurement; Counting approach; China; CHNS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0250-x

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