Measuring global poverty: Why PPP methods matter

Robert Ackland; Stephen Dowrick; Benoit Freyens

doi:10.1162/REST_a_00294

Measuring global poverty: Why PPP methods matter

Robert Ackland, Stephen Dowrick, Benoit Freyens

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We present theory and evidence to suggest that, in the context of analyzing global poverty, the EKS approach to estimating purchasing power parities yields more appropriate international comparison of real incomes than the Geary-Khamis approach. Our analy

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	813-824
Journal	Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume	95
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00294
Publication status	Published - 2013

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