Nicaragua: Evolución de la Pobreza Multidimensional, 2001-2009

Espinoza-Delgado, José Luis and López-Laborda, Julio (2015): Nicaragua: Evolución de la Pobreza Multidimensional, 2001-2009.

Abstract

In this paper we apply the methodology of measurement put forward by Sabina Alkire and James Foster (2007, 2011) to estimate the incidence, the intensity and the severity of the multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua between 2001 and 2009. We use ten dimensions-indicators and three weighting systems, and compute H, M0, M1, and M2 with data from the last three Living Standards Measurement Surveys (2001, 2005, 2009). In general, our results suggest that the incidence, the intensity and the severity of the multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua decreased over the period of analysis, especially between 2001 and 2005.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Nicaragua: Evolution of the Multidimensional Poverty, 2001-2009
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Pobreza Multidimensional, Medición de la Pobreza Multidimensional, Metodología Alkire y Foster, Intensidad y Severidad de la Pobreza, Nicaragua.
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D3 - Distribution > D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O15 - Human Resources ; Human Development ; Income Distribution ; Migration

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