Measuring chronic multidimensional poverty

Authors

Sabina Alkire, University of Oxford
Mauricio Apablaza, Universidad del Desarrollo
Satya Chakravarty, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Gaston Yalonetzky, University of Leeds

Article Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Journal of Policy Modeling

Abstract

This paper adopts a new approach to the measurement of chronic multidimensional poverty. It relies on the counting approach of Alkire and Foster (2011) for the measurement of multidimensional poverty in each time period, and then on the duration approach of Foster (2009) for the measurement of multidimensional poverty persistence across time. The proposed indices are sensitive both to (i) the share of dimensions in which people are deprived and (ii) the duration of their multidimensional poverty experience. A related set of indices is proposed to measure transient poverty. An empirical illustration is provided for Chile between 1996 and 2006.

First Page

983

Last Page

1006

DOI

10.1016/j.jpolmod.2017.05.020

Publication Date

11-1-2017

Comments

Open Access, Green

Recommended Citation

Alkire, Sabina; Apablaza, Mauricio; Chakravarty, Satya; and Yalonetzky, Gaston, "Measuring chronic multidimensional poverty" (2017). Journal Articles. 2366.
https://digitalcommons.isical.ac.in/journal-articles/2366