Replication data for: Purchasing Power Parity Exchange Rates for the Global Poor

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Project Citation:

Deaton, Angus, and Dupriez, Olivier. Replication data for: Purchasing Power Parity Exchange Rates for the Global Poor. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2011. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113782V1

Project Description

Summary: The global poverty count uses a common global poverty line, often referred to as the dollar-a-day line, currently $1.25 at 2005 international prices, whose construction and application depends on purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates for consumption. The price indexes that underlie the PPPs used for this purpose are constructed for purposes of national income accounting, using weights that represent patterns of aggregate consumption, not the consumption patterns of the global poor. We use household surveys from 62 developing countries to calculate global poverty-weighted PPPs and to calculate global poverty lines and new global poverty counts. (JEL C43, E21, F31, I32, O15)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      C43 Index Numbers and Aggregation; Leading indicators
      E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
      F31 Foreign Exchange
      I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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