New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children

New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children

This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to estimate the rate of extreme poverty among children in the developing world. The estimates are based on the same surveys and welfare measures as official World Bank poverty estimates. Of childr...

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Main Authors: Newhouse, David, Suarez-Becerra, Pablo, Evans, Martin C.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
poverty
extreme poverty
household surveys
equivalence scales
poverty line
child poverty
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26832168/new-estimates-extreme-poverty-children
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spelling okr-10986-251622021-04-23T14:04:29Z New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children Newhouse, David Suarez-Becerra, Pablo Evans, Martin C. poverty extreme poverty household surveys equivalence scales poverty line child poverty This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to estimate the rate of extreme poverty among children in the developing world. The estimates are based on the same surveys and welfare measures as official World Bank poverty estimates. Of children under age 18 years, 19.5 percent are estimated to live on less than $1.90 per day, as opposed to 9.2 percent of adults ages 18 and above. Poverty rates are high for children ages 0 to 4 years, slightly higher among ages 5 to 9 years, and steadily decline for successively older age groups. The analysis also examines the sensitivity of age-based poverty estimates to the use of alternative household equivalence scales when adjusting the international poverty line accordingly. Child poverty rates remain above 17 percent, and are greater than adult poverty rates, for all reasonable two-parameter equivalence scales. 2016-10-17T15:59:11Z 2016-10-17T15:59:11Z 2016-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26832168/new-estimates-extreme-poverty-children http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25162 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7845 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
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topic poverty
extreme poverty
household surveys
equivalence scales
poverty line
child poverty
spellingShingle poverty
extreme poverty
household surveys
equivalence scales
poverty line
child poverty
Newhouse, David
Suarez-Becerra, Pablo
Evans, Martin C.
New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7845
description This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to estimate the rate of extreme poverty among children in the developing world. The estimates are based on the same surveys and welfare measures as official World Bank poverty estimates. Of children under age 18 years, 19.5 percent are estimated to live on less than $1.90 per day, as opposed to 9.2 percent of adults ages 18 and above. Poverty rates are high for children ages 0 to 4 years, slightly higher among ages 5 to 9 years, and steadily decline for successively older age groups. The analysis also examines the sensitivity of age-based poverty estimates to the use of alternative household equivalence scales when adjusting the international poverty line accordingly. Child poverty rates remain above 17 percent, and are greater than adult poverty rates, for all reasonable two-parameter equivalence scales.
format Working Paper
author Newhouse, David
Suarez-Becerra, Pablo
Evans, Martin C.
author_facet Newhouse, David
Suarez-Becerra, Pablo
Evans, Martin C.
author_sort Newhouse, David
title New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children
title_short New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children
title_full New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children
title_fullStr New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children
title_full_unstemmed New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children
title_sort new estimates of extreme poverty for children
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26832168/new-estimates-extreme-poverty-children
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25162
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