Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries

This paper proposes a new measure of growth in shared prosperity, based on shifts in population shares of different income groups over time. This measure complements the definition of shared prosperity recently proposed by the World Bank in which i...

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Main Authors: Dang, Hai-Anh H., Lanjouw, Peter F.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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spelling okr-10986-221652021-04-23T14:04:07Z Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries Dang, Hai-Anh H. Lanjouw, Peter F. LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY THRESHOLD GROWTH RATES POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH PRO- POOR DISPOSABLE INCOME INCOME POVERTY RATES ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ECONOMIC REVIEW DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOUSING AVERAGE INCOMES REDUCED POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY POLICY DISCUSSIONS ESTIMATION RESULTS DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS POORER GROUPS POORER HOUSEHOLDS ANNUAL GROWTH NATIONAL POVERTY RATE GLOBAL POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES NATIONAL POVERTY LINES DEVELOPING COUNTRY REGION POVERTY REDUCTION PRO-POOR MEASURING POVERTY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS NEGATIVE GROWTH NEGATIVE IMPACT INCOME GROWTH VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS AVERAGE INCOME SOCIAL PROGRESS HOUSEHOLD INCOME PER CAPITA GROWTH HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME LEVELS SOCIAL PROTECTION ECONOMIC REFORMS POOR GROWTH PRODUCT POWER PARITY INCOME DATA EMPIRICAL APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH POVERTY LINES CONSUMPTION REDUCING POVERTY COUNTRY LEVEL POPULATION SHARE CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA POLICY MAKERS POORER POPULATION MEAN INCOME SUSTAINABLE GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION ABSOLUTE POVERTY INCOMES PRO- POOR GROWTH MIDDLE CLASS MEAN CONSUMPTION TRANSFER PROGRAMS PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE RELATIVE POVERTY ECONOMICS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCOME DYNAMICS WELFARE MEASURES GROWTH RATE EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY ABSOLUTE TERMS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PRO-POOR GROWTH POVERTY DYNAMICS POSITIVE GROWTH POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY RATE POOR CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXCHANGE RATE COUNTRY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS POLITICAL INSTABILITY GROWTH PROCESS DECREASING FUNCTION POVERTY ANALYSIS INEQUALITY INCOME GROUPS DEVELOPMENT POLICY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS This paper proposes a new measure of growth in shared prosperity, based on shifts in population shares of different income groups over time. This measure complements the definition of shared prosperity recently proposed by the World Bank in which income growth of the bottom 40 percent is examined. The new measure’s strengths arise from its close ties to countries’ national poverty lines and poverty measures, its focus on inclusion of the vulnerable population, and its identification of a population segment that is neither poor nor at significant risk of falling into poverty. The paper also offers a typology of scenarios for tracking shared prosperity under this measure. It provides illustrative examples using survey data from India, the United States, and Vietnam for the mid-to-late 2000s. Estimation results comparing the two approaches with measuring the evolution of shared prosperity are qualitatively consistent, and suggest that during this period, Vietnam enjoyed the greatest expansion in shared prosperity, followed by India and then the United States. 2015-07-14T22:29:33Z 2015-07-14T22:29:33Z 2015-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24596134/toward-new-definition-shared-prosperity-dynamic-perspective-three-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22165 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7294 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper India United States Vietnam
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topic LIVING STANDARDS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POVERTY THRESHOLD
GROWTH RATES
POVERTY LINE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PRO- POOR
DISPOSABLE INCOME
INCOME
POVERTY RATES
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HOUSING
AVERAGE INCOMES
REDUCED POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
ESTIMATION RESULTS
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
POORER GROUPS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
ANNUAL GROWTH
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
GLOBAL POVERTY
MEASURES
POVERTY MEASURES
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
REGION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRO-POOR
MEASURING POVERTY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
NEGATIVE GROWTH
NEGATIVE IMPACT
INCOME GROWTH
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
AVERAGE INCOME
SOCIAL PROGRESS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
PER CAPITA GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME LEVELS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
ECONOMIC REFORMS
POOR GROWTH
PRODUCT
POWER PARITY
INCOME DATA
EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
POVERTY LINES
CONSUMPTION
REDUCING POVERTY
COUNTRY LEVEL
POPULATION SHARE
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
POLICY MAKERS
POORER POPULATION
MEAN INCOME
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
INCOMES
PRO- POOR GROWTH
MIDDLE CLASS
MEAN CONSUMPTION
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
RELATIVE POVERTY
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INCOME DYNAMICS
WELFARE MEASURES
GROWTH RATE
EXTREME POVERTY
POVERTY
ABSOLUTE TERMS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
PRO-POOR GROWTH
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POSITIVE GROWTH
POLICY RESEARCH
POVERTY RATE
POOR
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
EXCHANGE RATE
COUNTRY SPECIFIC
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
GROWTH PROCESS
DECREASING FUNCTION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
INEQUALITY
INCOME GROUPS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
spellingShingle LIVING STANDARDS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POVERTY THRESHOLD
GROWTH RATES
POVERTY LINE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PRO- POOR
DISPOSABLE INCOME
INCOME
POVERTY RATES
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
ECONOMIC REVIEW
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HOUSING
AVERAGE INCOMES
REDUCED POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
ESTIMATION RESULTS
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
POORER GROUPS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
ANNUAL GROWTH
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
GLOBAL POVERTY
MEASURES
POVERTY MEASURES
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
REGION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRO-POOR
MEASURING POVERTY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
NEGATIVE GROWTH
NEGATIVE IMPACT
INCOME GROWTH
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
AVERAGE INCOME
SOCIAL PROGRESS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
PER CAPITA GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME LEVELS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
ECONOMIC REFORMS
POOR GROWTH
PRODUCT
POWER PARITY
INCOME DATA
EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
POVERTY LINES
CONSUMPTION
REDUCING POVERTY
COUNTRY LEVEL
POPULATION SHARE
CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA
POLICY MAKERS
POORER POPULATION
MEAN INCOME
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
INCOMES
PRO- POOR GROWTH
MIDDLE CLASS
MEAN CONSUMPTION
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
RELATIVE POVERTY
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INCOME DYNAMICS
WELFARE MEASURES
GROWTH RATE
EXTREME POVERTY
POVERTY
ABSOLUTE TERMS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
PRO-POOR GROWTH
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POSITIVE GROWTH
POLICY RESEARCH
POVERTY RATE
POOR
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
EXCHANGE RATE
COUNTRY SPECIFIC
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
POLITICAL INSTABILITY
GROWTH PROCESS
DECREASING FUNCTION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
INEQUALITY
INCOME GROUPS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Lanjouw, Peter F.
Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries
geographic_facet India
United States
Vietnam
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7294
description This paper proposes a new measure of growth in shared prosperity, based on shifts in population shares of different income groups over time. This measure complements the definition of shared prosperity recently proposed by the World Bank in which income growth of the bottom 40 percent is examined. The new measure’s strengths arise from its close ties to countries’ national poverty lines and poverty measures, its focus on inclusion of the vulnerable population, and its identification of a population segment that is neither poor nor at significant risk of falling into poverty. The paper also offers a typology of scenarios for tracking shared prosperity under this measure. It provides illustrative examples using survey data from India, the United States, and Vietnam for the mid-to-late 2000s. Estimation results comparing the two approaches with measuring the evolution of shared prosperity are qualitatively consistent, and suggest that during this period, Vietnam enjoyed the greatest expansion in shared prosperity, followed by India and then the United States.
format 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 Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries
title_short Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries
title_full Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries
title_fullStr Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries
title_full_unstemmed Toward a New Definition of Shared Prosperity : A Dynamic Perspective from Three Countries
title_sort toward a new definition of shared prosperity : a dynamic perspective from three countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24596134/toward-new-definition-shared-prosperity-dynamic-perspective-three-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22165
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