Welfare Dynamics Measurement : Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application

Little research currently exists on a vulnerability line that distinguishes the poor population from the population that is not poor but that still faces significant risk of falling back into poverty. This paper attempts to fill this gap by proposi...

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Main Authors: Dang, Hai-Anh H., Lanjouw, Peter F.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19705818/welfare-dynamics-measurement-two-definitions-vulnerability-line-empirical-application
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spelling okr-10986-188312021-04-23T14:03:49Z Welfare Dynamics Measurement : Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application Dang, Hai-Anh H. Lanjouw, Peter F. ABUSE CALORIE INTAKE CHRONIC POVERTY CHRONICALLY POOR CLASS LINES CONSUMPTION GROWTH CROSS-SECTION DATA CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DAILY INCOME DATA SETS DECREASING FUNCTION DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASES EARNINGS INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC STATUS EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL ISSUE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FUNCTIONAL FORM GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME GROUPS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INEQUALITY LEVELS OF EDUCATION LOGARITHMIC SCALE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MEASURING POVERTY MIDDLE CLASS MIDDLE CLASS CONSENSUS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY LINES NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NEGATIVE CORRELATION NEW POOR NORMAL DISTRIBUTION NUMBER OF CHILDREN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POPULATION GROUPS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRESS PUBLIC ATTENTION PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC TRANSFERS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY CONTROL RICHER COUNTRIES RISING CONSUMPTION RISING INEQUALITY RISK SHARING RURAL RURAL AREAS SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SECURITY TARGETING VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WAR WELFARE MEASURES Little research currently exists on a vulnerability line that distinguishes the poor population from the population that is not poor but that still faces significant risk of falling back into poverty. This paper attempts to fill this gap by proposing vulnerability lines that can be straightforwardly estimated with panel or cross-sectional household survey data, in rich- and poor-country settings. These vulnerability lines offer a means to broaden traditional poverty analysis and can also assist with the identification of the middle class or resilient population groups. Empirical illustrations are provided using panel data from the United States (Panel Study of Income Dynamics) and Vietnam (Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey) for the period 2004-2008 and cross-sectional data from India (National Sample Survey) for the period 2004-2009. The estimation results indicate that in Vietnam and India during this time period, the population living in poverty and the middle class have been falling and expanding, respectively, while the opposite has been occurring in the United States. 2014-06-30T17:12:12Z 2014-06-30T17:12:12Z 2014-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19705818/welfare-dynamics-measurement-two-definitions-vulnerability-line-empirical-application http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18831 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6944 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific South Asia India UNITED STATES Vietnam
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topic ABUSE
CALORIE INTAKE
CHRONIC POVERTY
CHRONICALLY POOR
CLASS LINES
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
CROSS-SECTION DATA
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
DAILY INCOME
DATA SETS
DECREASING FUNCTION
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASES
EARNINGS INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC STATUS
EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
EMPIRICAL ISSUE
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD SECURITY
FUNCTIONAL FORM
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DYNAMICS
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCOMES
INEQUALITY
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOGARITHMIC SCALE
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRY
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
MEASURING POVERTY
MIDDLE CLASS
MIDDLE CLASS CONSENSUS
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEW POOR
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR POPULATION
POPULATION GROUPS
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY LEVEL
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC ATTENTION
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC TRANSFERS
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
QUALITY CONTROL
RICHER COUNTRIES
RISING CONSUMPTION
RISING INEQUALITY
RISK SHARING
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL SECURITY
TARGETING
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
WAR
WELFARE MEASURES
spellingShingle ABUSE
CALORIE INTAKE
CHRONIC POVERTY
CHRONICALLY POOR
CLASS LINES
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
CROSS-SECTION DATA
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
DAILY INCOME
DATA SETS
DECREASING FUNCTION
DEMOCRACY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASES
EARNINGS INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC STATUS
EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
EMPIRICAL ISSUE
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD SECURITY
FUNCTIONAL FORM
GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DYNAMICS
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INCOME LEVELS
INCOMES
INEQUALITY
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOGARITHMIC SCALE
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME COUNTRY
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
MEASURING POVERTY
MIDDLE CLASS
MIDDLE CLASS CONSENSUS
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
NEW POOR
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR HOUSEHOLD
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR POPULATION
POPULATION GROUPS
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY LEVEL
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC ATTENTION
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC TRANSFERS
PURCHASING POWER
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
QUALITY CONTROL
RICHER COUNTRIES
RISING CONSUMPTION
RISING INEQUALITY
RISK SHARING
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOLING
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL COHESION
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL SECURITY
TARGETING
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
WAR
WELFARE MEASURES
Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Lanjouw, Peter F.
Welfare Dynamics Measurement : Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
South Asia
India
UNITED STATES
Vietnam
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6944
description Little research currently exists on a vulnerability line that distinguishes the poor population from the population that is not poor but that still faces significant risk of falling back into poverty. This paper attempts to fill this gap by proposing vulnerability lines that can be straightforwardly estimated with panel or cross-sectional household survey data, in rich- and poor-country settings. These vulnerability lines offer a means to broaden traditional poverty analysis and can also assist with the identification of the middle class or resilient population groups. Empirical illustrations are provided using panel data from the United States (Panel Study of Income Dynamics) and Vietnam (Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey) for the period 2004-2008 and cross-sectional data from India (National Sample Survey) for the period 2004-2009. The estimation results indicate that in Vietnam and India during this time period, the population living in poverty and the middle class have been falling and expanding, respectively, while the opposite has been occurring in the United States.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Lanjouw, Peter F.
author_facet Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Lanjouw, Peter F.
author_sort Dang, Hai-Anh H.
title Welfare Dynamics Measurement : Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application
title_short Welfare Dynamics Measurement : Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application
title_full Welfare Dynamics Measurement : Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application
title_fullStr Welfare Dynamics Measurement : Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application
title_full_unstemmed Welfare Dynamics Measurement : Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and Their Empirical Application
title_sort welfare dynamics measurement : two definitions of a vulnerability line and their empirical application
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19705818/welfare-dynamics-measurement-two-definitions-vulnerability-line-empirical-application
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18831
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