Traditional assessments of economic growth and progress against poverty tell us little about whether the poorest are being left behind—whether the consumption floor is rising above the biological minimum. To address this deficiency, the paper identifies the expected value of the floor as a weighted mean of observed consumptions for the poorest stratum. Under the identifying assumptions and using…
Kiko Llaneras’ website, author of the book ‘Think Clearly’ and data journalist at EL PAÍS
Tuesday February 4, Quadrivium, Heverlee
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