Robust poverty and inequality measurement in Egypt: correcting for spatial-price variation and sample design effects

The paper estimates inequality and absolute poverty in Egypt for 1997 with measures that are robust to sample design effects and corrected for spatial variation in price levels. Standard errors for inequality indices are calculated using a bootstrap approach which replicates the sample design. Stand...

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Main Authors: Jolliffe, Dean, Datt, Gaurav, Sharma, Manohar
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157675

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