Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 10 – Some Regression Models for Af Measures

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 10

23 Pages Posted: 12 Mar 2015

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Sabina Alkire

Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative

James E. Foster

George Washington University

Suman Seth

University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative; University of Leeds - Economics Division; University of Leeds - Faculty of Business

Maria Emma Santos

CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI

Jose Roche

Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative

Paola Ballon

University of Oxford; Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

Date Written: January 31, 2015

Abstract

This Chapter provides the reader with a general modelling framework for analysing the determinants of the Alkire and Foster (2011) poverty measures for both micro and macro levels of analyses. At the micro level, we present a model where the focal variable is a person’s poverty status. At the macro level we present a model where the focal variable is an overall poverty measure like the poverty headcount ratio or the adjusted headcount ratio. The chapter presents these regression models within the structure of Generalized Linear Models (GLM’s), which allow accounting for bounded and discrete variables. GLMs encompass linear regression models, logit and probit models, and models for fractional data. Thus, they offer a general framework for our analysis of functional relationships with Alkire and Foster poverty measures.

Keywords: micro regressions; macro regressions; generalised linear models; logit/probit models; models for fractional data; determinants of poverty

JEL Classification: C01, C10

Suggested Citation

Alkire, Sabina and Foster, James E. and Seth, Suman and Santos, Maria Emma and Roche, Jose and Ballon, Paola, Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 10 – Some Regression Models for Af Measures (January 31, 2015). Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2575966

Sabina Alkire

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James E. Foster

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Maria Emma Santos

CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI ( email )

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Argentina

Jose Roche

Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative ( email )

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Paola Ballon (Contact Author)

University of Oxford ( email )

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Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative ( email )

University of Oxford
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