Robustness tests for multidimensional poverty comparisons

Arbeitspapier

This paper provides practical tests for the robustness of multidimensional comparisons of well-being. Focussing on counting-type multidimensional poverty measures, I draw on the properties of positive Boolean threshold functions to prove that the space of feasible poverty definitions is finite and can be partitioned into at most (D2 +D)/2 parts, where D is the number of dimensions of well-being spanned by the measure. This provides the foundation for two complementary tests: (i) a bounding approach, which weights each dimension equally; and (ii) stochastic search, where coverage of the space of poverty definitions is assessed via Good-Turing estimates of missing mass. The two methods are applied to a measure encompassing nine dimensions of well-being in Mozambique, revealing persistent regional asymmetries.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-432-2
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2017/206

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa ; Statistical Simulation Methods: General
• Thema: multidimensional poverty ; pointwise dominance ; robustness ; Mozambique

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Jones, Sam
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/432-2
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/213095
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ