Reranking and Pro-poor Growth: Decompositions for China and Vietnam

Reranking in the move from one income distribution to another makes it impossible to infer from changes in Lorenz and generalised Lorenz curves how income growth among those toward the bottom of the initial income distribution compares to that among those toward the top, and whether there has been i...

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Main Author: Wagstaff, Adam
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5007
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spelling okr-10986-50072021-04-23T14:02:20Z Reranking and Pro-poor Growth: Decompositions for China and Vietnam Wagstaff, Adam Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Measurement of Economic Growth Aggregate Productivity Cross-Country Output Convergence O470 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: National Income, Product, and Expenditure Money Inflation P240 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 Reranking in the move from one income distribution to another makes it impossible to infer from changes in Lorenz and generalised Lorenz curves how income growth among those toward the bottom of the initial income distribution compares to that among those toward the top, and whether there has been income growth among those who were initially poor. Decompositions allowing for reranking indicate that economic growth in China and Vietnam has been better for households who were initially poor than changes in the Lorenz and generalised Lorenz curve and poverty growth curve would suggest. 2012-03-30T07:30:49Z 2012-03-30T07:30:49Z 2009 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5007 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article China Vietnam
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topic Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Measurement of Economic Growth
Aggregate Productivity
Cross-Country Output Convergence O470
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: National Income, Product, and Expenditure
Money
Inflation P240
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics
Health
Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
spellingShingle Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O110
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Measurement of Economic Growth
Aggregate Productivity
Cross-Country Output Convergence O470
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: National Income, Product, and Expenditure
Money
Inflation P240
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics
Health
Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360
Wagstaff, Adam
Reranking and Pro-poor Growth: Decompositions for China and Vietnam
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description Reranking in the move from one income distribution to another makes it impossible to infer from changes in Lorenz and generalised Lorenz curves how income growth among those toward the bottom of the initial income distribution compares to that among those toward the top, and whether there has been income growth among those who were initially poor. Decompositions allowing for reranking indicate that economic growth in China and Vietnam has been better for households who were initially poor than changes in the Lorenz and generalised Lorenz curve and poverty growth curve would suggest.
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author Wagstaff, Adam
author_facet Wagstaff, Adam
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title Reranking and Pro-poor Growth: Decompositions for China and Vietnam
title_short Reranking and Pro-poor Growth: Decompositions for China and Vietnam
title_full Reranking and Pro-poor Growth: Decompositions for China and Vietnam
title_fullStr Reranking and Pro-poor Growth: Decompositions for China and Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Reranking and Pro-poor Growth: Decompositions for China and Vietnam
title_sort reranking and pro-poor growth: decompositions for china and vietnam
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5007
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