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standardized general mean curves of, 216f Gini coefficient. See also inequality measures calculating the, 16–17 decomposition by geography, 278–80, 279t definition of, 13 distribution measures, 93–96 given-sized transfer, 21 mean and median per capita consumption expenditure, growth using, 158–59 mean and median per capita income, growth using, 171–72, 171t subgroup consistency, 22 twin-standard view, 25, 104–5 goods, private and public, 47 graphs and tables, ADePT, 254–56 group-based inequality measures, 19 growth curve types, 12–13, 75–81 curves, 26 effect, 43 elasticity of poverty line, 42 incidence curve, 105, 212–13, 212f incidence curves, 13 inequality and, 103–5 mean and median per capita consumption expenditure and Gini coefficient, 158–59, 158t, 183–84, 184t mean and median per capita income and Gini coefficient, 171–72, 171t poverty and, 41–43, 141–44 of quantile incomes, 76–77, 77f rate of lower partial mean income, 78–79, 78f redistribution decomposition of poverty changes and, 222–23, 222t The Growth Report: Strategies for Sustained Growth and Inclusive Development (Commission on Growth and Development 2008), 9
H harmonic means, income standards, 8, 63 HDI (Human Development Index), 235–36
head of household characteristics. See characteristics of household head headcount ratio adjusted, 233 and age-gender pyramid, 197–99, 198f by age groups, 196–97, 196t definition of, 3 by demographic composition, 192–94, 192t distribution of poor and, 172–73, 172t by education levels, 190–92, 191t by employment category, 188–90, 189t in FGT family, 38–39 by household head’s characteristics, 184–86, 185t by landownership, 194–95, 194t poverty incidence curve and, 135–36, 136f poverty measures, 29, 114–15, 130–31, 132–33 sensitivity to chosen poverty line, 201–3, 202t subnational decomposition of, 181–83, 181t HOI (Human Opportunity Index), 239–40 homogeneity of degree zero properties, 17 linear, 6, 54 horizontal inequalities, 239 household, definition of, 47 household head’s characteristics. See characteristics of household head Human Development Index (HDI), 235–36 Human Development Report 2010, 236 Human Opportunity Index (HOI), 239–40 hybrid poverty lines, 140, 226–28
I IA-HDI (Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index), 237 identification dual cutoff approach to, 233 poverty measures, 26–27, 45, 46 union approach to, 232–33 identity variables, 239 if-conditions, ADePT, 266–67
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