UID:
kobvindex_HPB1256593384
Format:
1 electronic resource (xx, 184 pages ).
ISBN:
9783631753583
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3631753586
Series Statement:
Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series ; v.19
Note:
Cover -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction and Overview -- 1 A Regional Puzzle of Child Mortality and Undernutrition -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Child Mortality and Undernutrition -- 1.1.2 The South Asia -- Sub-Saharan Africa Enigma -- 1.2 Methodology -- 1.2.1 Multilevel Analysis -- 1.2.2 The Basic Multilevel Model -- 1.2.3 Model Specification -- 1.3 Empirical Analysis -- 1.3.1 Data Description -- 1.3.2 Descriptive Statistics -- 1.3.3 Regression Results -- 1.3.4 Simulations -- 1.4 Conclusion -- 2 The Impact of HIV on Childrens' Welfare
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2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Literature Review on the Impact of HIV/AIDS -- 2.2.1 Development of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic -- 2.2.2 The Macro-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS -- 2.2.3 The Micro-Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS -- 2.3 Methodology -- 2.3.1 Survival Model Framework -- 2.3.2 Ordinary Least Squares and Logistic Model -- 2.4 Empirical Analysis -- 2.4.1 Data Description -- 2.4.2 Descriptive Statistics -- 2.4.3 Estimation Results -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Measuring Pro Poor Growth in Non-Income Dimensions -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Concept of Pro-Poor Growth -- 3.2.1 Definition of Pro-Poor Growth
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3.2.2 Multidimensionality of Pro-Poor Growth -- 3.3 Methodology -- 3.3.1 The Growth Incidence Curve -- 3.3.2 The Non-Income Growth Incidence Curve -- 3.3.3 Specification of the Non-Income Indicators -- 3.3.4 Limitations of the Indicators -- 3.4 Empirical Analysis -- 3.4.1 Inequality -- 3.4.2 Pro-Poor Growth -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4 Estimating Vulnerability to Covariate and Idiosyncratic Shocks -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Concept of Vulnerability -- 4.3 Estimates of Vulnerability -- 4.4 Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks -- 4.5 Methodology -- 4.5.1 Mean and Variance in Consumption
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4.5.2 Assumptions and Critical Issues -- 4.5.3 Multilevel Analysis -- 4.5.4 The Impact of Idiosyncratic and Covariate Shocks -- 4.6 Empirical Analysis -- 4.6.1 Data Description and Model Specification -- 4.6.2 Estimation Results -- 4.6.3 Vulnerability to Poverty -- 4.7 Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography
Additional Edition:
Print version: Empirical analysis of determinants, distribution and dynamics of poverty Frankfurt am Main ; Peter Lang, 2007. ISBN 9783631573983
Language:
English
Keywords:
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