The Construction of an Asset Index at Household Level and Measurement of Economic Disparities in Punjab (Pakistan) by using MICS-Micro Data

Tanveer Ahmed Naveed (), David Gordon, Sami Ullah and Mary Zhang
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Tanveer Ahmed Naveed: University of Gujrat
David Gordon: University of Bristol
Sami Ullah: University of Gujrat
Mary Zhang: University of Bristol

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2021, vol. 155, issue 1, No 4, 73-95

Abstract: Abstract The main objectives of this study are to construct a valid and reliable asset index at household level and to estimate economic disparities in 36 districts of Punjab (Pakistan) by using Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey micro-data. An asset index may be a better measure than current income or expenditure for gauging a household’s long-term capacity for buying goods and services and its potential resilience to economic shocks. This paper provides details of the results from Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Tetrachoric Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for the dimensional structure of assets. We have applied Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) in order to construct a reliable household level asset index. In Punjab, Lahore has the highest asset index score followed by Gujrat and Sialkot. Gini-coefficient index and the Palma ratio analyses show that the asset distribution in the district of Rajanpur is highly unequal.

Keywords: Asset index; Classical test theory; Item response theory; Exploratory factor analysis; Gini-coefficient; Palma ratio; Punjab (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 O15 P36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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