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Multidimensional Welfare in Districts of Zambia: A First Order Dominance Approach

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  • Gibson Masumbu
  • Kristi Mahrt

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In this paper we make welfare comparisons among districts of Zambia using multidimensional well-being indicators observed at the household level using the first order dominance approach developed by Arndt et al. in 2012. This approach allows welfare comparisons without making any assumptions about the relative importance of the indicators. Analysis of the 2010 Census of Population and Housing data has generated information on the poverty status of provinces and districts in Zambia and has ranked them from the relatively well-off to the worse-off.

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  • Gibson Masumbu & Kristi Mahrt, 2014. "Multidimensional Welfare in Districts of Zambia: A First Order Dominance Approach," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-137, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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