Publication Type

Working Paper

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

2-2014

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new method of poverty decomposition. Our method remedies the shortcomings of existing methods and has some desirable properties such as time reversion consistency and subperiod additivity. It integrates the existing methods of growth redistribution decomposition and sector-based decomposition, because it allows us to decompose the change in poverty into growth and redistribution components for each group (e.g., regions or sectors) in the economy. We extend our method to include six components and provide an empirical application to the Philippines for the period 1985–2009.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Growth and Development | Income Distribution

Research Areas

Macroeconomics

First Page

1

Last Page

35

Publisher

ADBI Working Paper Series, No 466

City or Country

Tokyo

Copyright Owner and License

Publisher

Additional URL

http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/154287/adbi-wp466.pdf

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