This paper compares how results using various methods to construct asset indices match results using per capita expenditures. The analysis shows that inferences about inequalities in education, health care use, fertility, child mortality, as well as labor market outcomes are quite robust to the specific economic status measure used. The measures-most significantly per capita expenditures versus the class of asset indices-do not, however, yield identical...
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2008/04/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS4605
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2022/07/04
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Assessing asset indices
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asset index
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