Poverty Dynamics Analysis
Poverty Dynamics Analysis uses household panel data to study how poverty changes over time for the same people, distinguishing those who are persistently poor from those who move in and out of poverty. Building on the work of Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion (1998) and the comparative synthesis of Bob Baulch and John Hoddinott (2000), it reframes poverty from a static headcount into a study of entries, exits, and spells. Its central output is a separation of total poverty into a chronic component, attributable to persistently low living standards, and a transient component, attributable to fluctuations around the poverty line over time.
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- Jalan, J., & Ravallion, M. (1998). Transient Poverty in Postreform Rural China. Journal of Comparative Economics, 26(2), 338–357. · DOI 10.1006/jcec.1998.1518
- Baulch, B., & Hoddinott, J. (2000). Economic Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in Developing Countries. Journal of Development Studies, 36(6), 1–24. · DOI 10.1080/00220380008422652
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