Incorporating Public Good Availability into the Measurement of Poverty
Published By: IGC on eSS | Published Date: May, 01 , 2013This paper makes an attempt to incorporate bene ts from unpaid public services into
consumption decisions to arrive at more accurate measures of poverty and inequality. The
analysis is based on primary data collected from 40 villages in Bihar in 2012. Three types of public services are considered: schooling, health care and subsidized food grains through the
Public Distribution System (PDS). [IGC working paper].
Author(s): Anders Kjelsrud, Rohini Somanathan | Posted on: Mar 14, 2014 | Views(701) | Download (590)