Anthropometric within-country Inequality and the Estimation of Skill Premia with Anthropometric Indicators

Blum, Matthias; Baten, Jörg

doi:10.1515/roe-2011-0202

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“…An indication about the prevalence of such a problem can be drawn from the evolution of heights inequality among the population. The most relevant dataset is provided by Baten and Blum (2011) of the investigation is that if this differential is considerable, it will be driving height inequality upwards. If one combines the evolution of heights with the evolution of inequality in heights in the post-1940 period, there is no positive trend among inequality in heights and the level of heights for developing countries.…”

Section: Food Energymentioning

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Global Absolute Poverty: Behind the Veil of Dollars

Moatsos

2016

Journal of Globalization and Development

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Abstract:The widely applied "dollar-a-day" methodology identifies global absolute poverty as declining precipitously since the early 80's throughout the developing world. The methodological underpinnings of the "dollar-a-day" approach have been questioned in terms of adequately representing equivalent welfare conditions in different countries and years. These key issues of measuring global poverty are addressed here using the concept of the bare bones consumption basket (BBB). This methodology pinpoints equivalent levels of welfare, both internationally and intertemporally. The results validate the critique against the "dollar-a-day" methodology, showing large variations in costs of BBB between countries and years, even when one explicitly allows for additional expenses such as education and health. This volatility represents the differential among the typically used average CPI and a price index which is more relevant to those living in absolute poverty. On a point estimate level, success in terms of the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) appears marginal. Once uncertainty in the estimates is accounted for, the BBB poverty lines provide the ground to dispute MDG 1 early celebrations. While BBB absolute poverty remains at very low levels during the entire 1983-2014 period, it also demonstrates strong persistence throughout. On the contrary, the higher welfare level BBB derivative shows overall much less flattering poverty levels.

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Section: Food Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Absolute Poverty: Behind the Veil of Dollars

Moatsos

2016

Journal of Globalization and Development

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“…Literature using the CV documented a wide degree of positive correlation between anthropometric and income inequality. In this sense, some studies [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ] support the use, under certain conditions, of anthropometric inequality as a proxy for economic inequality, especially in the absence of solid economic data. However, as much of this literature acknowledges, the relationship is far from being automatic and depends on other economic and non-economic factors, such as income levels (and especially poverty levels), relative prices, nutritional demands from diseases and physical workload.…”

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Height, Nutritional and Economic Inequality in Central Spain, 1837–1936

García-Montero

2022

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This article analyzes the evolution of inequality in mean male height in central Spain considering the generations born from 1837 to 1915, measured in the drafts from 1858 to 1936 (n = 53,503). Mean adult height reflects a crude indicator of net nutritional status, a proxy for currently known measures of stunting and wasting. The results reveal a cycle of stagnation and decline in average height at the age of 21 for those born from the 1850s to the 1870s and a subsequent positive secular trend to exceed baseline levels. The coefficient of variation shows how inequality in height followed an opposite pattern, with an increase in the mid-nineteenth century and a subsequent decline, with an overall decline. The great migratory wave towards Latin America (1880–1930) barely affected the area studied here. The available evidence on the occupations and educational level of the recruits reveals a ranking in average height related to family background and personal income, educational level and literacy, propinquity to food and ownership and/or management of land. Therefore, socioeconomic status largely predicted adult height in Spanish men during the period. Reducing absolute poverty and increasing access to education remain cornerstones to reducing malnutrition, even in the current world.

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“…An indication about the prevalence of such a problem can be drawn from the evolution of heights inequality among the population. The most relevant dataset is provided by Baten and Blum (2011) through the Clio Infra website. This dataset provides Gini coefficients for a large number of countries covering most of the recent 200 years.…”

Section: Food Energymentioning

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Global Absolute Poverty, Present and Past since 1820

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Chapter 1 10 Quotation from p.213, cited in Sen (1979). The implied poverty definition here is that of an absolute one. The two rather competing concepts of poverty, absolute and relative, are discussed further below. 11 This extension in time compared to the way Bowley frames it may not follow directly from his statement, but such an extension makes sense in a first attempt to measure poverty with the same standard across large time intervals. Further work would be necessary to provide the theoretical foundation of how a standard should change "from time to time" and how frequent those changes should be.12 In developing economies national authorities are occasionally assisted by the World Bank as well.13 (Chen and Ravallion, 2010) report that about 80% of the NPLs in their sample is using a version of the CBN method. Developed countries typically use relative poverty lines, see below for details. 14 The main statistic used throughout this thesis is the poverty rate which is the percentage of people having a consumption expenditure or income below the poverty line. There are many other indicators to measure poverty with. For a discussion of those indicators see Ravallion (2016a). 15 As discussed below, this thesis does not consider subjective approaches to poverty measurement. Official measures of poverty typically relate to objective poverty, which may be linked to some entitlements or social welfare benefits.16 Amartya Sen's capabilities approach can be thought of as a multidimensional measure of poverty. This thesis does not expand on multi-dimensional considerations of poverty. For more information on multidimensional global approaches see Alkire and Santos (2014); Alkire et al. ( 2013); Alkire and Foster (2011). 56 Since it occasionally produces estimates lower than the CBN approach applied in chapter 6. 57 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, G.A. Res. 217 (III)A, art. 25, U.N. Doc. A/RES.217(III) (Dec. 10, 1948).; In this case the CBN approach implemented here in chapter 6 does not account for medical care. 58 Obtained from UN, Copenhagen Declaration on February 22nd, 2016; in this case the CBN method applied in chapter 6 does not account for most of the elements mentioned. 60 See tables 4.3 and 4.4 in chapter 4. 61 This initiative received seed funding from the Public Engagement Office of Utrecht University. 62 Results are offered on a global scale only, but until I upgrade it to provide detailed country level results, I offer the posibility to send users detailed results via email. 65 Sustainable Development Goal 1.1 states that: "By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day" . 66 The report can be found at: https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/. 67 https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/scarcity.shtml, last visited on December 12th, 2019.68 See for example the findings of the results of the visit in USA by the UN rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and the negative impact of recent austerity in the UK poverty acc...

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Anthropometric within-country Inequality and the Estimation of Skill Premia with Anthropometric Indicators

Cited by 8 publications

References 76 publications

Global Absolute Poverty: Behind the Veil of Dollars

Global Absolute Poverty: Behind the Veil of Dollars

Height, Nutritional and Economic Inequality in Central Spain, 1837–1936

Global Absolute Poverty, Present and Past since 1820

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