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2003
DOI: 10.1111/j.0034-6586.2003.00100.x
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Exploring Alternative Measures of Welfare in the Absence of Expenditure Data

Abstract: We consider an asset-based alternative to the standard use of expenditures in defining well-being and poverty. Our motivation is to see if there exist simpler and less demanding ways to collect data to measure economic welfare and rank households. This is particularly important in poor regions where there is limited capacity to collect consumption, expenditure and price data. We evaluate an index derived from a factor analysis on household assets using multipurpose surveys from several countries. We find that … Show more

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“…We constructed a wealth index at the village level, building on data on the percentage of households owning assets such as cars, television, fridges, and mobile phones. The wealth index was calculated using principle component analysis, as described in Sahn and Stifel (2003). It is normalized in the 0-1 range, with higher values representing higher village-level wealth.…”
Section: Modeling Land-use Dynamicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We constructed a wealth index at the village level, building on data on the percentage of households owning assets such as cars, television, fridges, and mobile phones. The wealth index was calculated using principle component analysis, as described in Sahn and Stifel (2003). It is normalized in the 0-1 range, with higher values representing higher village-level wealth.…”
Section: Modeling Land-use Dynamicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As respostas foram codificadas dicoto-micamente como sim ou não. A partir do padrão de respostas elaborei um índice latente que combina informações obtidas por estas perguntas -tal índice é semelhante a um índice de bens proposto em pesquisas anteriores (Filmer e Pritchett, 1999;Sahn e Stifel, 2003 Enfim, para explicar a variação na felicidade, medida pela pergunta 1, utilizo, por um lado, variáveis medindo condições materiais dos indivíduos: (1) renda e renda ao quadrado; (2) educação (educação universitária, ou menos); (3) residência (urbana ou rural); e, por outro lado, variáveis medindo relações e percepções sociais (características relacionais): (4) percepção sobre a renda (muito satisfeito, satisfeito, insatisfeito ou muito insatisfeito); (5) percepção sobre a própria saúde (excelente, muito boa, boa, razoável ou ruim); (6) estado civil (casado, morando junto, separado, viúvo ou solteiro); (7) capital social (índice contínuo variando de menos para mais tal como descrito anteriormente); e (8) religiosidade (frequenta culto mais de uma vez por mês, menos de uma vez por mês, religioso que não frequenta culto e ateu) 8 . O principal objetivo é mostrar que, além das condições materiais, as percepções e relações sociais são fundamentais para explicar a variação de felicidade na sociedade brasileira contemporânea.…”
Section: Variáveisunclassified
“…Wealth is likely to be an important determinant of consumption, although the relationship will vary depending on life-cycle considerations, the nature of asset and credit markets, and other factors (Deaton consumption and the asset index is often weak. For example, Sahn and Stifel (2001) report Spearman rank correlation coefficients ranging between 0.31 and 0.71 for 10 developing countries. 16 Why would two households with the same level of measured consumption look different when compared on the basis of an asset index?…”
Section: Relationship Between Consumption and The Asset Indexmentioning
confidence: 99%