Kijima, YokoLanjouw, Peter2014-04-252014-04-252003-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18034The authors provide estimates of poverty at the regional level in India, spanning the 1990s. Such estimates have not been previously available due to concerns regarding non-comparability of the 1993-94 and 1999-2000 National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) household survey data. They implement an adjustment procedure to restore comparability based on a methodology developed by Elbers and others (2003). The results indicate a less rapid decline of poverty, at the all-India level than has been suggested by Deaton and Dre (2002), based on a related adjustment methodology. The authors attempt to uncover the source of disagreement across these procedures, by probing a number of their underlying assumptions.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAVERAGE POVERTYCAPITA EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCOVARIANCE MATRIXDATA AVAILABILITYDATA SOURCESDECLINE IN POVERTYDEMOGRAPHICSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHDURABLE GOODSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC REFORMEMPIRICAL MODELEMPLOYMENTEXPENDITURE VARIABLEEXPENDITURESEXPLANATORY VARIABLESFOOD CONSUMPTIONHIGH POVERTYHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITUREHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHUMAN CAPITALIMPOVERISHMENTINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINTERMEDIATE GOODSLIVING STANDARDSLONGITUDINAL DATANATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL LEVELPOINT DECLINEPOLICY RESEARCHPOORPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY COMPARISONSPOVERTY DECLINEPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY TRENDSQUESTIONNAIRE DESIGNREDUCING POVERTYREGIONAL POVERTYREGRESSION MODELSRELATIVE POVERTYRURAL AREASRURAL POVERTYSAMPLE SIZESAMPLE SIZESUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASURBAN POVERTYWAGES POVERTY INCIDENCEREGIONAL POVERTYPOVERTY ESTIMATESCOMPARATIVE ANALYSISHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSADJUSTMENT PROCESSPOVERTY REDUCTIONECONOMIC ANALYSISPOVERTY ANALYSISCONSUMPTION DEFINITIONSMULTIVARIATE ANALYSISINEQUITYPOPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSISWAGE LEVELSEMPLOYMENT STATISTICSRURAL POVERTYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION10.1596/1813-9450-3141