A Poverty Line Contingent on Reference Groups: Implications for the Extent of Poverty in some Asian Countries

Satya Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay and Jacques Silber
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Nachiketa Chattopadhyay: Asian Development Bank Institute

No 610, ADBI Working Papers from Asian Development Bank Institute

Abstract: This paper estimates the number of poor in various countries in Asia by applying an “amalgam poverty line”, which is a weighted average of an absolute poverty line (such as $1.25 per day or $1.45 per day) and a reference income (such as the mean or the median income). The number of poor is computed under various values of the weight applied to the absolute poverty line, namely 100%, 90%, 66%, and 50%. The paper provides estimates of the headcount ratio and poverty gap ratio under the various scenarios for 25 different countries or regions examined.

Keywords: Poverty; poverty line; poverty measurement; poverty headcount ratio; poverty gap ratio (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 I32 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2016-12-31
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