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The Bayesian approach to poverty measurement

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This chapter reviews the recent Bayesian literature on poverty measurement together with some new results. Using Bayesian model criticism, we revise the international poverty line. Using mixtures of lognormals to model income, we derive the posterior distribution for the FGT, Watts and Sen poverty indices, for TIP curves (with an illustration on child poverty in Germany) and for Growth Incidence Curves. The relation of restricted stochastic dominance with TIP and GIC dominance is detailed with an example based on UK data. Using panel data, we decompose poverty into total, chronic and transient poverty, comparing child and adult poverty in East Germany when redistribution is introduced. When panel data are not available, a Gibbs sampler can be used to build a pseudo panel. We illustrate poverty dynamics by examining the consequences of the Wall on poverty entry and poverty persistence in occupied West Bank.
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halshs-04135764 , version 1 (21-06-2023)

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Michel Lubrano, Zhou Xun. The Bayesian approach to poverty measurement. Jacques Silber. Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.475-487, 2023, 978-1-80088-345-1. ⟨10.4337/9781800883451.00059⟩. ⟨halshs-04135764⟩
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