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Are we Counting all the Poor ? Accounting for the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Burundi

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  • Marion MERCIER

    (PSL, Université Paris-Dauphine, LEDa, UMR DIAL and IZA Bonn)

  • Philip VERWIMP

    (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Abstract

Having accurate poverty statistics is of primary importance for researchers and policy-makers. Based on original data on Burundi, we investigate the sensitivity of poverty headcount calculations to considering individual- instead of household-level consumption. Relying on a survey module which provides information on the share of expenses allocated to each member of the households, we calculate poverty statutes on an individual basis. Exploiting these direct measures to compute poverty headcounts allows us to put forward the discrepancy between individual- and household-level poverty computations. We identify “hidden poor,” i.e. poor individuals living in non-poor households, and show that they are predominantly children. We finally discuss potential mechanisms that could drive the results, and emphasize the importance of improving data collection devices for poverty-related policy making.

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  • Marion MERCIER & Philip VERWIMP, 2017. "Are we Counting all the Poor ? Accounting for the Intra-Household Allocation of Consumption in Burundi," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 83(3), pages 307-327, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvde:v:83:y:2017:i:3:p:307-327
    DOI: 10.1017/dem.2017.12
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    1. Senay Sokullu & Christine Valente, 2022. "Individual consumption in collective households: Identification using repeated observations with an application to PROGRESA," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 37(2), pages 286-304, March.
    2. Bargain, Olivier B. & Lacroix, Guy & Tiberti, Luca, 2021. "Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Individual Poverty: Assessing Collective Model Predictions against Direct Evidence on Sharing," IZA Discussion Papers 14406, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Alba Lanau & Viliami Fifita, 2020. "Do Households Prioritise Children? Intra-Household Deprivation a Case Study of the South Pacific," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 13(6), pages 1953-1973, December.
    4. Olivier Bargain, 2022. "Income Sources, Intra-Household Allocation And Individual Poverty," Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series 121, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
    5. Olivier Bargain, 2024. "Income sources, intrahousehold allocation and individual poverty," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 70(2), pages 291-319, June.

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