1. Poverty, inequality and growth in Albania.
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Mastromarco, Camilla, Peragine, Vito, Russo, Felice, and Serlenga, Laura
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POVERTY ,EQUALITY ,COST of living ,PHYSICAL distribution of goods ,ECONOMIC development ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,PRINCIPAL components analysis - Abstract
This article studies the distribution of well-being and, specifically, the degree of poverty and deprivation in Albania, in the years 2002 and 2005, using Living Standard Measurement Surveys ( LSMS). The distribution analysis is performed by applying both one-dimensional and multidimensional approaches, in particular to better examine the link between economic growth, inequality and poverty in Albania. Furthermore, by estimating a non-monetary indicator, as proposed by Bossert et al. (), and a nonlinear principal component model together with a probit model, the paper focuses on the multidimensional measures of poverty to address the relationship between poverty and socio-economic factors. Our evidence shows that absolute poverty decreased from 2002 to 2005 while national relative poverty increased; economic growth reduced poverty in Albania over the observed period; and living in rural and mountain areas, being female, poorly educated and with a large family increased the probability of suffering from deprivation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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