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Escaping From Poverty: Household Income Dynamics in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela

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dc.contributor.authorFields, Gary S.
dc.contributor.authorCichello, Paul L.
dc.contributor.authorFreije, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorMenéndez, Marta
dc.contributor.authorNewhouse, David
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T17:20:46Z
dc.date.available2020-11-17T17:20:46Z
dc.date.issued2003-01-01
dc.description.abstract[Excerpt] This study presents the main results of a larger, more technical report (Fields and others 2001) and subsequent work (Fields and others 2002) that analyzes income mobility in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela. These economies were selected on the basis of the availability of panel data with which to analyze household income dynamics in the 1990s. By following households over time, we are able to investigate how households that were poor initially fared economically, relative to their richer counterparts. We can learn more about how and why households exit—and enter—poverty. To gauge income mobility, this study centers on the change in household per capita income over time, using two measures. Our first measure—a conventional one—gauges income changes in currency units. Our second measure, the change in log currency units, approximates the percentage changes in income. In this way, it arguably better reflects the reality of a poor household, in which a given change in income—whether an increase or a decrease—counts more than it does in a richer one.
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dc.identifier.other2200865
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/75543
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsRequired Publisher Statement: © Springer. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectIndonesia
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSpain
dc.subjectVenezuela
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectmobility
dc.subjectdevelopment
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjecthousehold income
dc.titleEscaping From Poverty: Household Income Dynamics in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela
dc.typearticle
local.authorAffiliationFields, Gary S.: gsf2@cornell.edu Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationCichello, Paul L.: Xavier University
local.authorAffiliationFreije, Samuel: Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion
local.authorAffiliationMenéndez, Marta: Paris School of Economics
local.authorAffiliationNewhouse, David: Federal Trade Commission

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