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Asset-Based Measures for Machine-Learning Poverty Maps

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Sheng_cornell_0058O_11518.pdf (4.4 MB)
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https://doi.org/10.7298/5h31-bk67
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/112156
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Author
Sheng, Peizan
Abstract

This paper develops a machine learning approach to estimate internationally-and-intertemporally comparable, decomposable, structural asset poverty measures. These measures are founded in theory, link directly to official poverty lines, and are amenable to ML-based prediction using Earth Observation data. Using household survey data from Tanzania, Uganda, and Malawi, we model the relationship between household consumption expenditures and productive assets, directly linking flow-based poverty measures with asset-based structural poverty measures. The poverty measures we construct can serve as new, improved dependent variables for ML poverty prediction. We also assess whether our poverty estimates vary from readily available poverty estimates and whether this difference in poverty measures matters.

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101 pages
Date Issued
2022-08
Committee Chair
Dillon, Brian
Committee Member
Barrett, Chris
Degree Discipline
Applied Economics and Management
Degree Name
M.S., Applied Economics and Management
Degree Level
Master of Science
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/15578971

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