Welfare dynamics measurement : two definitions of a vulnerability line and their empirical application (English)

Little research currently exists on a vulnerability line that distinguishes the poor population from the population that is not poor but that still faces significant risk of falling back into poverty. This paper attempts to fill this gap by proposing vulnerability lines that can be straightforwardly estimated with panel or cross-sectional household survey data, in rich- and poor-country settings. These vulnerability lines offer a means to broaden...

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Dang,Hai-Anh H.;

Lanjouw,Peter F.;
Document Date
2014/06/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6944
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Viet Nam, United States, India,
Region
South Asia, Other, East Asia and Pacific,
Disclosure Date
2014/06/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Welfare dynamics measurement : two definitions of a vulnerability line and their empirical application
Keywords
middle class

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Dang,Hai-Anh H.; Lanjouw,Peter F..

Welfare dynamics measurement : two definitions of a vulnerability line and their empirical application (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6944 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/105091468319758403

Welfare dynamics measurement : two definitions of a vulnerability line and their empirical application (English)

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