Monetary and Multidimensional Child Poverty: Why They Differ

PEP working paper serie 2016-29

53 Pages Posted: 9 May 2018 Last revised: 11 Jul 2018

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Paola Ballon

University of Oxford; Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

John Cockburn

Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)

Sylvain Dessy

Université Laval - Département d'Économique

Setou Diarra

University of Ottawa - Department of Economics

Date Written: November 1, 2016

Abstract

We investigate the effect of parental education on the concordance/discordance between monetary and multidimensional child poverty. First, in a simple model of parental investment in child outcomes, we demonstrate that the misalignment between household income and parental education is a predictor of the mismatch between monetary and multidimensional child poverty. Indeed, a match between these two poverty measurements occurs whenever household income and parental education are correlated. Second, using Tanzania NPS data, we find that parental education has a negative effect on the probability that a monetarily non-poor child suffers some basic deprivations, and a positive effect on the likelihood that a monetarily poor child suffers no basic deprivations.

Keywords: Monetary child poverty, Multidimensional child deprivation, Maternal education, Heckman selection model

Suggested Citation

Ballon, Paola and Cockburn, John and Dessy, Sylvain and Diarra, Setou, Monetary and Multidimensional Child Poverty: Why They Differ (November 1, 2016). PEP working paper serie 2016-29, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3164307 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3164307

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Sylvain Dessy

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Setou Diarra

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