Determining the Parameters of Axiomatically Derived Multidimensional Poverty Indices: An Application Based on Reported Well-Being in Colombia

Carlos Eduardo Vélez and Marcos Robles

Chapter 12 in Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, 2008, pp 210-225 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter tries to address a question that is to a certain extent a puzzle: Can we explain the self-reported improvement in well-being of Colombians between 1997 and 2003 by using multidimensional poverty indexes? And it is puzzling because during this period Colombians experienced the worst economic recession of the twentieth century (1998), erasing a decade of progress in poverty reduction and reversing the levels of poverty to 1988 levels.

Keywords: Homicide Rate; Multidimensional Poverty; Income Poverty; Public Subsidy; Multidimensional Poverty Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230582354_12

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