Conflicting Measures of Poverty and Inadequate Saving by the Poor

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2012
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Marjit, S.

Abstract

In the presence of inequality a status-driven utility function reconciles the conflict between income-based and nutrition-based measures of poverty. Moreover, it can explain why the poor tend to save less, an established empirical fact in the developing countries. The result is independent of the assumption of imperfect capital market. The paper attempts to integrate various strands of literature on status effects.

Citation

Marjit, S. Conflicting Measures of Poverty and Inadequate Saving by the Poor. The Role of Status-Driven Utility Function UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland (2012) 11 pp. ISBN 978-92-9230-521-5 [Working Paper No. 2012/58]

Conflicting Measures of Poverty and Inadequate Saving by the Poor

Published 1 January 2012
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