Estimating income poverty and inequality from the Gallup World Poll: the case of Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper takes advantage of a new source of information-the Gallup World Poll 2006-to estimate and characterize income poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC estimates to those in other regions of the world. The Gallup survey has th...

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Autores principales: Gasparini, Leonardo, Gluzmann, Pablo Alfredo
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3642
http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/doc_cedlas83.pdf
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topic Economía
América Latina
estadística económica
Región del Caribe
ingreso
poverty; inequality; incomes; Gallup
spellingShingle Economía
América Latina
estadística económica
Región del Caribe
ingreso
poverty; inequality; incomes; Gallup
Gasparini, Leonardo
Gluzmann, Pablo Alfredo
Estimating income poverty and inequality from the Gallup World Poll: the case of Latin America and the Caribbean
topic_facet Economía
América Latina
estadística económica
Región del Caribe
ingreso
poverty; inequality; incomes; Gallup
description This paper takes advantage of a new source of information-the Gallup World Poll 2006-to estimate and characterize income poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC estimates to those in other regions of the world. The Gallup survey has the advantage of being conducted in over 130 nations with almost the same questionnaire in all countries, and then it stands as a complement to national household surveys for international comparison purposes.
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Gluzmann, Pablo Alfredo
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Gluzmann, Pablo Alfredo
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title Estimating income poverty and inequality from the Gallup World Poll: the case of Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short Estimating income poverty and inequality from the Gallup World Poll: the case of Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full Estimating income poverty and inequality from the Gallup World Poll: the case of Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr Estimating income poverty and inequality from the Gallup World Poll: the case of Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed Estimating income poverty and inequality from the Gallup World Poll: the case of Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort estimating income poverty and inequality from the gallup world poll: the case of latin america and the caribbean
publishDate 2009
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