Vulnerability to Poverty in Papua New Guinea in 1996

Raghbendra Jha, Ngoc Dang

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    Abstract

    This paper uses cross-section data from the 1996 Papua New Guinea Household Survey to assess household vulnerability to poverty in Papua New Guinea. Vulnerability varies across regions, household size, gender and level of education of households. We use a simple empirical model that permits estimation of vulnerability to poverty assuming that households have the same conditional distribution of consumption in a stationary environment. Although this approach does not capture all dimensions of vulnerability, it at least raises the policy interest that vulnerability should be considered alongside poverty.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)235-251
    JournalAsian Economic Journal
    Volume24
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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