Abstract
This paper studies poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean from a multidimensional perspective, exploiting the Gallup World
Poll, a survey that provides a unique opportunity to perform intercountry comparisons. By applying factor analysis we find
that welfare can be appropriately summarized by three dimensions: income, subjective welfare and “basic needs”. Another finding
is that the US$ 1 line appears to be a reasonable cut-off value to measure food deprivation.
Poll, a survey that provides a unique opportunity to perform intercountry comparisons. By applying factor analysis we find
that welfare can be appropriately summarized by three dimensions: income, subjective welfare and “basic needs”. Another finding
is that the US$ 1 line appears to be a reasonable cut-off value to measure food deprivation.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-20
- DOI 10.1007/s10888-011-9206-z
- Authors
- Leonardo Gasparini, CEDLAS, Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 6 e/47 y 48, 5to. Piso, Oficina 516, (1900) La Plata, Argentina
- Walter Sosa-Escudero, Universidad de San Andrés (UdeSA) and CEDLAS, Calle 6 e/47 y 48, 5to. Piso, Oficina 516, (1900) La Plata, Argentina
- Mariana Marchionni, CEDLAS, Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 6 e/47 y 48, 5to. Piso, Oficina 516, (1900) La Plata, Argentina
- Sergio Olivieri, CEDLAS, Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 6 e/47 y 48, 5to. Piso, Oficina 516, (1900) La Plata, Argentina
- Journal Journal of Economic Inequality
- Online ISSN 1573-8701
- Print ISSN 1569-1721