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Measuring Multidimensional Vulnerability in India

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  • Swati Dutta
  • Lakshmi Kumar

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This paper examines the relationship between multidimensional poverty and multidimensional vulnerability. Unlike poverty, which describes the status of a household at a point of time, vulnerability captures the likelihood of a household falling into poverty, given the current status of the household. The paper has used data from the India Human Development Survey, 2005, employing a multidimensional measure both at the all-India level and the state level. The results indicate the superiority of the multidimensional measure over the one-dimensional income measure because policy can be pointed towards addressing the dimension of poverty that is lacking and that is the cause of some states’ vulnerability to poverty.

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  • Swati Dutta & Lakshmi Kumar, 2014. "Measuring Multidimensional Vulnerability in India," World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE, vol. 15(3), pages 51-76, July.
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    1. Sunil Kumar Mishra & Swati Dutta, 2022. "Single Versus Multiple Deprivations Among Children in India," Indian Journal of Human Development, , vol. 16(1), pages 97-118, April.

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