Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries

This paper presents empirical results ofa wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay, for the period 1992-2006. Sixdimensions are analysed:income, childattendance at school, education of the household head, sanitation, water and she...

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Autores principales: Lugo, María Ana, Battistón, Diego Ezequiel, Cruces, Guillermo, López Calva, Luis Felipe, Santos, María Emma
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3649
http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/_doc_cedlas90.pdf
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topic Economía
América Latina
pobreza
ingreso
multidimensional poverty measurement; counting approach; unsatisfied basic needs; rural and urban areas
spellingShingle Economía
América Latina
pobreza
ingreso
multidimensional poverty measurement; counting approach; unsatisfied basic needs; rural and urban areas
Lugo, María Ana
Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
Cruces, Guillermo
López Calva, Luis Felipe
Santos, María Emma
Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries
topic_facet Economía
América Latina
pobreza
ingreso
multidimensional poverty measurement; counting approach; unsatisfied basic needs; rural and urban areas
description This paper presents empirical results ofa wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay, for the period 1992-2006. Sixdimensions are analysed:income, childattendance at school, education of the household head, sanitation, water and shelter. Over the study period, El Salvador, Brazil, Mexico and Chile experienced significant reductions of multidimensional poverty. In contrast, in urban Uruguay there was a small reduction in multidimensional poverty, while in urbanArgentina the estimates did not change significantly. El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico together with rural areas of Chile display significantly higher and more simultaneous deprivations than urban areas of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. In all countries, access to proper sanitation and education of the household head are the highest contributors to overall multidimensional poverty.
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author Lugo, María Ana
Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
Cruces, Guillermo
López Calva, Luis Felipe
Santos, María Emma
author_facet Lugo, María Ana
Battistón, Diego Ezequiel
Cruces, Guillermo
López Calva, Luis Felipe
Santos, María Emma
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title Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries
title_short Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries
title_full Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries
title_fullStr Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries
title_full_unstemmed Income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six Latin American countries
title_sort income and beyond: multidimensional poverty in six latin american countries
publishDate 2009
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3649
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