Paternostro, StefanoLokshin, MichaelUmapathi, Nithin2013-06-262013-06-262004-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14190The authors analyze the subjective perceptions of poverty in Madagascar in 2001 and their relationship to objective poverty indicators. They base their analysis on survey responses to a series of subjective perception questions. The authors extend the existing empirical methodology for estimating subjective poverty lines on the basis of categorical consumption adequacy questions. Based on this methodology they calculate the household-specific, subjective poverty lines and compare the poverty profiles derived from different subjective welfare questions. The results show that the aggregate poverty measures derived from consumption adequacy questions accord quite well with the poverty measures based on objective poverty lines. The subjective welfare analysis can be used in poor developing countries for evaluating socioeconomic and distributional impacts of various policy interventions.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE POVERTY LINESAGE-GENDER GROUPSAVERAGE LEVELCALORIC INTAKECOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION INEQUALITYCONSUMPTION NEEDSCONSUMPTION NORMSCONSUMPTION PATTERNSDEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONDEPENDENT VARIABLEDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT ISSUESDISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONECONOMETRICSECONOMIC BEHAVIORECONOMIC CRISESECONOMIC DECLINEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC LITERATUREECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC REVIEWECONOMIC WELFAREECONOMIES OF SCALEECONOMISTSELASTICITIESEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEMPIRICAL STUDIESEQUIVALENCE SCALEERROR TERMEXPENDITURE DISTRIBUTIONEXPENDITURE LEVELEXPLANATORY VARIABLESFARM ACTIVITIESFISHINGFOOD BASKETFOOD COMPONENTFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD ENERGYFOOD ENERGY INTAKEFOOD EXPENDITUREFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFOOD REQUIREMENTSFORESTRYGDPHEALTH CAREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHIGH POVERTYHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICSHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITUREHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITUREHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD WELFAREINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCREASE POVERTYINFLATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET ACTIVITIESLIVING STANDARDMEAN INCOMEMEASURING POVERTYMEASURING WELFARENATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POVERTYNON- FOOD CONSUMPTIONNON-FOOD COMPONENTNON-FOOD COMPONENTSNON-FOOD CONSUMPTIONNUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTSOBJECTIVE POVERTY LINESPARTICULAR POVERTY LINEPER CAPITA BASISPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY INTERVENTIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIESPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY COMPARISONSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY HEADCOUNTPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY PROFILESPOVERTY PROGRAMSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY STATISTICSPOVERTY TRENDSPRIVATE TRANSFERSPUBLIC SECTORQUANTITATIVE POVERTYREGIONAL DIFFERENCESREGIONAL POVERTYREGIONAL PRICE DIFFERENCESRELATIVE INCOMERURAL AREASRURAL HOUSEHOLDSSAMPLE SIZESIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONSIGNIFICANT EFFECTSINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORSSUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTSSUBJECTIVE POVERTYSUBJECTIVE POVERTY LINETRADEOFFSTRANSITION ECONOMIESUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASURBAN HOUSEHOLDSWELFARE AGGREGATEWELFARE COMPARISONSWELFARE EFFECTSWELFARE FUNCTIONWELFARE INDICATORWELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE ECONOMICSPOVERTY INCIDENCEANALYTICAL METHODSPOVERTY LINECONSUMPTION (ECONOMICS)HOUSEHOLD DATAHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY MEASURESSOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONSDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTPOLICY IMPLEMENTATIONWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3191