Poverty analysis using an international cross-country demand system (English)

This paper proposes a new method for ex ante analysis of the poverty impacts arising from policy reforms. Three innovations underlie this approach. The first is the estimation of a global demand system using a combination of micro-data from household surveys and macro-data from the International Comparisons Project (ICP). Estimation is undertaken in a manner that reconciles these two sources of information, explicitly recognizing that per capita national...

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Cranfield, J. A. L.;

Preckel,Paul V.;

Hertel,Thomas W.;
Document Date
2007/07/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS4285
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Poverty analysis using an international cross-country demand system
Keywords
budget share

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Cranfield, J. A. L.; Preckel,Paul V.; Hertel,Thomas W..

Poverty analysis using an international cross-country demand system (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4285 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/563541468328549882

Poverty analysis using an international cross-country demand system (English)

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