Measuring poverty taking into account individual preferences: an application using Ecuadorian data

By : Cabrera Cevallos, Carlos [UCL] Directed by : Maniquet, François [UCL]

(eng) This paper estimates absolute monetary poverty in Ecuador applying the methodology developed by Dimri and Maniquet. Under this approach, an agent qualifies as poor if and only if she prefers the poverty line bundle to her current consumption bundle. Using the 2013-2014 round of the Ecuadorian Living Standard Measurement Survey, we nd that not taking preferences into account leads to underestimating with some extent the share of Young Rural and Old Rural groups.

Access type : Accès restreint
Year : 2019
Keywords : poverty measurement, prices, heterogeneous preferences., heterogeneous preferences
Language : Anglais
Faculty : Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales, politiques et de communication
Degree : Master [120] en sciences économiques, orientation générale
Bibliographic reference Cabrera Cevallos, Carlos. Measuring poverty taking into account individual preferences: an application using Ecuadorian data. Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales, politiques et de communication, Université catholique de Louvain, 2019. Prom. : Maniquet, François.
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/thesis:19690