World Bank2012-06-142012-06-142007-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8018The paper describes the main methodological issues underlying the estimation of poverty rates for Croatia. Volume one focuses on the construction of the consumption aggregate as a summary measure of living standards which is the summary measure used to proxy living standards. Special attention is devoted to the estimation of the consumption flow from durable goods. Volume two focuses on the estimation of the (absolute) poverty line. Both elements are at the core of the poverty measurement exercises carried out in two companion papers in this volume. This paper is organized into three sections with the first dealing with the construction of the consumption aggregate. The second section describes the choice of the equivalence scale used to adjust the consumption aggregate for differences in household composition, and the third section details the procedure used to estimate the poverty line.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE POVERTY LINEACCESS TO SERVICESAGE GROUPAVERAGE INCOMEAVERAGE LEVELBASIC NEEDSCHILD ALLOWANCESCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGESCONSUMPTION PER CAPITADEMOGRAPHIC TRENDSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYEARNINGECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC VULNERABILITYEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYELDERLY PEOPLEEMPLOYEEEMPLOYMENT CREATIONEMPLOYMENT PATTERNSEMPLOYMENT RATEEMPLOYMENT SERVICESEMPLOYMENT STATUSEMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIESESTIMATES OF POVERTYFAMILY ALLOWANCESFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTGINI COEFFICIENTGROSS WAGESGROWTH PERFORMANCEHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH SECTORHIGH GROWTHHIGH POVERTYHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTSINCOMEINCOME GAPINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME TRANSFERSINEQUALITYINFANTINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINEINVESTMENT CLIMATEJOB CREATIONJOBSLABOR CODELABOR COSTSLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET INDICATORSLABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONSLABOR MARKET PARTICIPANTSLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCELABOR MOBILITYLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOR UTILIZATIONLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL INFRASTRUCTURELONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENTMIGRATIONNATIONAL POLICIESNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENON-POOR HOUSEHOLDSPENSIONSPER CAPITA GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPER CAPITA INCOMESPOLICY ISSUESPOLICY MEASURESPOORPOOR BENEFICIARIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOORER REGIONSPOPULATION PROJECTIONSPOVERTY COMPARISONSPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATEPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY RISKPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR WORKERSPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIESPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORRAPID GROWTHREAL WAGESREGIONAL DISPARITIESREGIONAL EQUITYREGIONAL INEQUALITIESREGIONAL INEQUALITYRESPECTRURALRURAL AREASSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSCHOOLINGSELF EMPLOYEDSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL EXPENDITURESSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SPENDINGSOCIAL WELFARESTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISESSTRATEGIC PRIORITIESSTRUCTURAL REFORMSTARGETINGTOTAL EMPLOYMENTTRANSFER PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESVULNERABILITYWAGE BILLWAGE DIFFERENTIALWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWAGE POLICYWARWELFARE INDICATORSWELFARE MEASURESWORKERWORKERSYOUNG WORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/8018