The Complex Task of Identifying Who Is Poor

Authors

  • Marcela Perticará Facultad de Economía y Negocios , Alberto Hurtado University image/svg+xml
    • Claudia Sanhueza Facultad de Economía y Negocios , Alberto Hurtado University image/svg+xml

      DOI:

      https://doi.org/10.11565/oe.vi14.304

      Keywords:

      Poverty, Inequality, Basic consumption basket

      Abstract

      Conventional wisdom holds that poverty in Chile has declined. But how do we know? Comparing poverty statistics over time is not easy: because of certain methodological definitions adopted to measure poverty in Chile, we may not really know today how many people ought to be the beneficiaries of public policy. There is still time to react, however. Continue reading...

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      Published

      2008-03-01

      Issue

      No. 14 (2008)

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      How to Cite

      The Complex Task of Identifying Who Is Poor. (2008). Observatorio Económico, 14, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.11565/oe.vi14.304

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