On the Utility Consistency of Poverty Lines

Although poverty lines are widely used as deflators for inter-group welfare comparisons, their internal consistency is rarely given close scrutiny. A priori considerations suggest that commonly used methods cannot be relied on to yield poverty line...

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Main Authors:	Ravallion, Martin, Lokshin, Michael
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADULT FEMALES ADULT MALE ADULT MALES AGE-GENDER CATEGORIES AGE-GENDER GROUPS AGGREGATE MEASURE AGREED METRIC AMORTIZATION PERIOD ASSESSING WELFARE AVERAGE FOOD SHARE BASIC CONSUMPTION BASIC CONSUMPTION NEEDS BASIC NEEDS CALORIC INTAKE CALORIC INTAKES CALORIC REQUIREMENT CALORIC REQUIREMENTS CALORIC SHORTFALLS CALORIFIC DIFFERENCES CAPABILITY-CONSISTENT POVERTY CAPABILITY-CONSISTENT POVERTY LINE CASE STUDY CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC DIFFERENCES CLIMATIC REGIONS CLIMATIC ZONES COMMODITY BUNDLE COMMON REFERENCE UTILITY LEVEL COMMON UTILITY FUNCTION COMPARABLE UTILITY FUNCTION COMPARING POVERTY CONSISTENT POVERTY CONSISTENT POVERTY LINES CONSUMER BASKETS CONSUMPTION BUNDLE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION NORMS CONSUMPTION PATTERN CONVEX INDIFFERENCE CURVES COST-OF-BASIC-NEEDS METHOD DEMAND BEHAVIOR DEMAND FUNCTIONS DERIVED UTILITY FUNCTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL QUESTION EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP ENERGY-INCOME RELATIONSHIP ENVELOPE PROPERTY ESCAPE POVERTY EXPENDITURE FUNCTION EXPENDITURE LEVEL EXPENSIVE CALORIES EXPENSIVE FOOD EXPENSIVE ITEMS FIGHTING POVERTY FOOD BASKET FOOD BASKETS FOOD BUNDLES FOOD COMPONENT FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOOD DEMAND FUNCTION FOOD ENERGY FOOD ENERGY INTAKE FOOD ENERGY INTAKES FOOD ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD SHARE FOOD- ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOOD-ENERGY INTAKE FOOD-ENERGY INTAKE CONDITIONAL FOOD-ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOOD-ENERGY-INTAKE METHOD GEOGRAPHIC AREA GEOGRAPHIC POVERTY PROFILE GEOGRAPHIC SETTING GEOGRAPHICAL ZONE GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD POVERTY LINE HOUSING INCOME LEVEL INCOME POVERTY INCOME RISES INDIFFERENCE CURVE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INDIVIDUAL POVERTY INTER-REGIONAL MIGRATION INTERNAL CONSISTENCY MALE PENSIONERS MEAN CONDITIONAL MEAN INCOME MEAN QUANTITY INDEX MEASURED INCREASE MEASURING POVERTY METHODOLOGICAL CHOICES METHODOLOGICAL RECOMMENDATION NATIONAL POPULATION NON- FOOD GOODS NON-FOOD BASKETS NON-FOOD BUNDLE NON-FOOD COMPONENTS NON-FOOD CONSUMPTION NON-FOOD GOOD NON-FOOD GOODS NON-FOOD ITEMS NON-FOOD PRICES NON-INCOME CHARACTERISTICS NON-NUTRITIONAL FUNCTIONINGS NONLINEAR REGRESSION FUNCTION NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION NUTRITIONAL INTAKE NUTRITIONAL INTAKES NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OFFICIAL POVERTY ORIGINAL POVERTY LINES PARTIAL CAPABILITY CONSISTENCY PARTIAL DERIVATIVES PER CAPITA BASIS PER-CAPITA INCOME PERSON HEAT CONSUMPTION POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY BASKETS POVERTY BUNDLE POVERTY BUNDLES POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINE INCOME POVERTY LINE ONE POVERTY LINE USING POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROFILE UTILITY POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATES PRICE CHANGES PRICE INFORMATION PRICE RELATIVES PRICE VECTOR PRICES INCREASE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC GOODS PUBLICLY-PROVIDED GOODS PURCHASING POWER QUANTITY COMBINATIONS QUANTITY INDEX QUANTITY INDICES QUANTITY-INDEX MATRIX RANDOM DIFFERENCES RANDOM VARIABLE RANK CORRELATION REGIONAL BASKET REGIONAL BASKETS REGIONAL COSTS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL POVERTY LINE REGIONAL POVERTY MEASURES RELATIVE PRICE RELATIVE PRICES RESULTING POVERTY LINES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LINE RURAL SECTOR SCALAR ADJUSTMENT SCALAR CORRECTIONS SERVICE BASKET SERVICE BASKETS SERVICES BUNDLE SERVICES ZONES SETTING POVERTY SETTING POVERTY LINES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL WELFARE SUBJECTIVE POVERTY TRUE COST-OF-LIVING INDICES URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY URBAN POVERTY LINE URBAN PRICES URBAN RESIDENT URBAN SECTOR UTILITY CONSISTENCY UTILITY INCONSISTENCIES UTILITY LEVEL UTILITY POVERTY UTILITY-CONSISTENT POVERTY UTILITY-CONSISTENT POVERTY LINE UTILITY-MAXIMIZING BUNDLE WELFARE COMPARISONS WELFARE CONSISTENCY WELFARE LEVELS WELFARE METRIC POVERTY INCIDENCE WELFARE ECONOMICS UTILITY THEORY PREFERENCE ANALYSIS
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On the Utility Consistency of Poverty Lines

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