Measuring multidimensional poverty using households surveys

This article presents a discussion on one main aspect of the process ofdesigning a multidimensional poverty measure: the selection of the dimensionsfor which deprivation would be evaluated. A wider goal of this ongoing research is to propose a multidimensional poverty measure that could be applied t...

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Autores: Beccaria, Luis, Fernandez, Ana Laura
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía
Idioma:inglés
español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/68201
Acceso en línea:https://www.probdes.iiec.unam.mx/index.php/pde/article/view/68201
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:poverty measures
multidimensional poverty
deprivation
validity
reliability
mediciones de pobreza
pobreza multidimensional
limitantes; validez
confiabilidad
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Sumario:This article presents a discussion on one main aspect of the process ofdesigning a multidimensional poverty measure: the selection of the dimensionsfor which deprivation would be evaluated. A wider goal of this ongoing research is to propose a multidimensional poverty measure that could be applied to official data drawn from existing household surveys. Thus, it is important to emphasize the limitations faced as a result of resting only on data coming from statistical sources that have not been specifically designed for measuring multidimensional poverty. To discuss such issue, alternative estimations for Argentina employing two available household surveys have been carried out, using some methodological criteria that gives evidence on how appropriate the used variables are.