Is Chronic Poverty More Pervasive than Transient Poverty in Rural China?
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| Title | Is Chronic Poverty More Pervasive than Transient Poverty in Rural China?
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| Author | Zhang Yuan, Wan Guanghua and Shi Qinghua |
| Organization | China Center for Economic Studies, Fudan University; School of Public Finance and Economics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics;Antai Management School, Shanghai Jiatong University |
| Email | zhangyuanfd@fudan.edu.cn |
| Key Words | Dynamic of Poverty; Transient Poverty; Chronic Poverty |
| Abstract | Employing rural household panel data, present literature finds that transient poverty is more pervasive than chronic poverty, measured by duration of falling-into poverty. This measurement method, however, has some deficiency for not considering the welfare level of those poor. This paper modifies the measurement method proposed by present literature and applies it to a rural household panel data in China. We find that rural poverty in China from 1995 to 2005 is dominated by chronic poverty rather than transient poverty. Empirical analysis using the measured results reveal many interesting and important findings related to chronic poverty and transient poverty, which shed light on anti-poverty policy making in China. |
| Serial Number | WP184 |
| Time | 2012-02-14 |
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