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POVDECO: Stata module to calculate poverty indices with decomposition by subgroup

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Stephen P. Jenkins () (University of Essex)

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Abstract

povdeco estimates three poverty indices from the Foster, Greer and Thorbecke (1984) class, FGT(a), plus related statistics (such as mean income amongst the poor). FGT(0) is the headcount ratio (the proportion poor); FGT(1) is the average normalised poverty gap; FGT(2) is the average squared normalised poverty gap. The larger that a is, the greater the degree of 'poverty aversion' (sensitivity to large poverty gaps). Optionally provided are decompositions of these indices by population subgroup. This version is for Stata versions 8.2 onwards. For versions 5 to 8.1, use povdeco5 instead.

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Software component provided by Boston College Department of Economics in its series Statistical Software Components with number S366004.

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Programming language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.2 (5.0 for povdeco5)
Date of creation: 12 Jan 1999
Date of revision: 28 Jan 2008
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Keywords: inequality poverty income distribution

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