MPOVLINE: Stata module to calculate FGT0, FGT1 and FGT2 by intervals of multiple thresholds

Description

mpovline calculates FGT0, FGT1 and FGT2 by intervals of multiple lines. This ado can be used to calculate headcount for the poor, vulnerable and middle class lines as proposed Azevedo and Sanfelice (2012) and applied in Azevedo et al (2015).

Suggested Citation

Joao Pedro Azevedo & Viviane Sanfelice, 2012. "MPOVLINE: Stata module to calculate FGT0, FGT1 and FGT2 by intervals of multiple thresholds," Statistical Software Components S457565, Boston College Department of Economics.

References

Azevedo, Joao Pedro and Viviane Sanfelice (2012) "The rise of the middle class in Latin America". World Bank (mimeo).

Azevedo J.P., López-Calva L.F., Lustig N., Ortiz-Juárez E. (2015) Inequality, Mobility and Middle Classes in Latin America. In: Dayton-Johnson J. (eds) Latin America’s Emerging Middle Classes. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London(link to publication)

Foster, James; Joel Greer and Erik Thorbecke (1984) "A class of decomposablepoverty measures". Econometrica. 2 81: 761–766.

Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s457565

Note:

This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install mpovline". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

Keywords

poverty line; welfare;

Authors:

João Pedro Azevedo
jazevedo@worldbank.org
World Bank
personal page

Viviane Sanfelice