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Poverty in Ireland, 1987-1994 : a stochastic dominance approach
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Date Issued
2000-07
Date Available
2009-01-08T15:16:12Z
Abstract
Poverty dominance analysis uses stochastic dominance to provide rankings of distributions in terms of poverty which are not sensitive to the choice of poverty line. This analysis is carried out for Ireland using Household Budget Survey data for 1987 and 1994 including tests for the statistical significance of the results. We find that for a wide range of absolute poverty lines, poverty in Ireland fell over the 1987-1994 period. When relative poverty lines are used, second-order dominance for
1987 over 1994 is found for the case of expenditure and third-order dominance for 1994 over 1987 for the case of income.
1987 over 1994 is found for the case of expenditure and third-order dominance for 1994 over 1987 for the case of income.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Economic and Social Research Institute
Journal
Economic and social review
Volume
31
Issue
3
Start Page
187
End Page
214
Copyright (Published Version)
2000 Economic and Social Research Institute
Subject – LCSH
Poverty--Ireland
Stochastic orders
Poverty--Statistical methods
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Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0012-9984
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