New global estimates of child poverty and their sensitivity to alternative equivalence scales
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.06.007
Abstract: This paper uses micro-data from household surveys from 89 countries to estimate the rate of extreme poverty among children in the developing world. 19.5% of children are estimated to live on less than $1.90 per… read more here.
Keywords: equivalence scales; new global; child poverty; equivalence ... See more keywords