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Micro-Level Estimation of Welfare

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dc.contributor.authorElbers, Chris
dc.contributor.authorLanjouw, Jean O.
dc.contributor.authorLanjouw, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-01T19:20:24Z
dc.date.available2014-08-01T19:20:24Z
dc.date.issued2002-10
dc.description.abstractThe authors construct and derive the properties of estimators of welfare that take advantage of the detailed information about living standards available in small household surveys and the comprehensive coverage of a census or large sample. By combining the strengths of each, the estimators can be used at a remarkably disaggregated level. They have a clear interpretation, are mutually comparable, and can be assessed for reliability using standard statistical theory. Using data from Ecuador, the authors obtain estimates of welfare measures, some of which are quite reliable for populations as small as 15,000 households--a "town." They provide simple illustrations of their use. Such estimates open up the possibility of testing, at a more convincing intra-country level, the many recent models relating welfare distributions to growth and a variety of socioeconomic and political outcomes.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2042224/micro-level-estimation-welfare
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2911
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19218
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2911
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectANALYSIS OF POVERTY
dc.subjectASYMPTOTIC DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectAUTOCORRELATION
dc.subjectBIASES
dc.subjectCALCULATION
dc.subjectCAPITA EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subjectCENSUS ENUMERATION AREA
dc.subjectCENSUS HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectCENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM
dc.subjectCLUSTER CORRELATION
dc.subjectCOMPUTATION
dc.subjectCOMPUTATION ERROR
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION MODEL
dc.subjectCORRELATIONS
dc.subjectCOVARIANCE
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDEGREE OF INEQUALITY
dc.subjectDELTA METHOD
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
dc.subjectDISTURBANCE TERM
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subjectENUMERATION
dc.subjectEQUATIONS
dc.subjectESTIMATORS
dc.subjectEXPECTED VALUE
dc.subjectEXPECTED VALUES
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE MODEL
dc.subjectEXPERIMENTS
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFIRST STAGE MODEL
dc.subjectGINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectGROWTH MODELS
dc.subjectHETEROSCEDASTICITY
dc.subjectHOMOSCEDASTICITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD-LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHYPOTHESES
dc.subjectIDIOSYNCRATIC COMPONENT
dc.subjectIDIOSYNCRATIC ERROR
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINDICATOR FUNCTION
dc.subjectINDICATOR OF POVERTY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subjectKURTOSIS
dc.subjectLEVEL ESTIMATION OF WELFARE
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMATRIX
dc.subjectMEASURE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectMODELING
dc.subjectMONTE CARLO SIMULATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectNUMERICAL INTEGRATION
dc.subjectOUTLIERS
dc.subjectPARAMETER ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPARAMETRIC APPROACH
dc.subjectPERTURBATION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOPULATION CENSUS
dc.subjectPOPULATION PARAMETERS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPRECISION
dc.subjectPREDICTION
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectRANDOM VARIABLES
dc.subjectREGRESSORS
dc.subjectRELIABILITY
dc.subjectRESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
dc.subjectRESEARCHERS
dc.subjectSAMPLE DESIGN
dc.subjectSAMPLING ERRORS
dc.subjectSIMULATION
dc.subjectSIMULATIONS
dc.subjectSKEWNESS
dc.subjectSMALLER GROUPS
dc.subjectSPATIAL CORRELATION
dc.subjectSTANDARD ERROR
dc.subjectSTANDARD ERRORS
dc.subjectSTATISTICAL THEORY
dc.subjectSURVEY DATA
dc.subjectTIME SERIES
dc.subjectVARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.titleMicro-Level Estimation of Welfareen
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okr.crossref.titleMicro-Level Estimation of Welfare
okr.date.disclosure2002-10-31
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:30:43.552334Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/10/2042224/micro-level-estimation-welfare
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid362131468739473297
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2911
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2042224
okr.identifier.reportWPS2911
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okr.sectorHealth and other social services :: Other social services
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicStatistical and Mathematical Sciences
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicScientific Research and Science Parks
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicScience Education
okr.topicEducation
okr.unitPoverty Team, Development Research Group
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