Paola Ballon

University of Oxford

Researcher in Development Economics

South Parks Road

Oxford, Oxforshire OX1 3QY

United Kingdom

http://oxford.academia.edu/PaolaBallon

Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

Research Associate

University of Oxford

3 Mansfield Road

Oxford, OX1 3TB

United Kingdom

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 5 – the Alkire-Foster Counting Methodology

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 5., Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 15-01
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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Alkire-Foster poverty measures, Adjusted Headcount Ratio, Multidimensional Poverty Index, dual cutoff identification, intensity of poverty

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Multidimensional Poverty in Sudan and South Sudan

OPHI Working Paper No. 93
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 11 Apr 2015
Paola Ballon and Jean-Yves Duclos
University of Oxford and Laval University
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multidimensional poverty, counting method, poverty indices, poverty dominance, deprivation, multiple correspondence analysis, South Sudan, Sudan

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 3 – Overview of Methods for Multidimensional Poverty Assessment

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 3., OPHI Working Paper No. 84
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 16 Feb 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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Multidimensional poverty measures, dashboard approach, composite indices, Venn diagrams, dominance approach, statistical approaches, fuzzy sets approach, axiomatic approach.

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 2 – The Framework

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 2., OPHI Working Paper No. 83
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 16 Feb 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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Foster-Greer-Thorbecke measures, scales of measurement, ordinal data properties of poverty measurement, axiomatic methods, joint distribution, identification, aggregation

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 1 – Introduction

OPHI Working Paper No. 82
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Feb 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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multidimensional poverty, capability approach, Millennium Development Goals, economic growth, income poverty

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 4 – Counting Approaches: Definitions, Origins, and Implementations

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 4.
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Feb 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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Counting approach, identification of the poor, Unmet Basic Needs, Social Inclusion, Multiple Deprivations

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 8 – Robustness Analysis and Statistical Inference

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 8.
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Mar 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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robustness analysis, statistical inference, dominance analysis, rank robustness, standard errors, bootstrap

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Measuring Capability Poverty: A Multidimensional Model-Based Approach

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Feb 2015
Paola Ballon and Jaya Krishnakumar
University of Oxford and University of Geneva
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Capability Approach, Multidimensional Poverty, Structural Equation Model (SEM), Latent variables, Bolivia

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 10 – Some Regression Models for Af Measures

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 10
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Mar 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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micro regressions; macro regressions; generalised linear models; logit/probit models; models for fractional data; determinants of poverty

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 6 – Normative Choices in Measurement Design

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 6.
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Feb 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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Space of poverty measurement, purpose of measurement, unit of analysis, choice of dimensions, selection of indicators, capabilities, deprivation cutoffs, weights, poverty cutoffs

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 9 – Distribution and Dynamics

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 9.
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Mar 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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inequality decomposition, disparity across subgroup poverty, inter-temporal analysis of poverty, chronic multidimensional poverty, dynamic poverty decomposition

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Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis: Chapter 7 – Data and Analysis

Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 7
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Feb 2015
Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster, Suman Seth, Maria Emma Santos, Jose Roche and Paola Ballon
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, George Washington University, University of Oxford - Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, CONICET-UNS/IIESS and OPHI, Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative and University of Oxford
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Survey data, unit of identification, household composition, correlation, redundancy, measure of overlap

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Monetary and Multidimensional Child Poverty: Why They Differ

PEP working paper serie 2016-29
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 May 2018 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2018
Paola Ballon, John Cockburn, Sylvain Dessy and Setou Diarra
University of Oxford, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Université Laval - Département d'Économique and University of Ottawa - Department of Economics
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Monetary child poverty, Multidimensional child deprivation, Maternal education, Heckman selection model

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Child Monetary Poverty and Multidimensional Deprivations: Why They Differ

CRREP Working Paper Series 2018-01
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 May 2018 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2018
Paola Ballon, John Cockburn, Sylvain Dessy and Setou Diarra
University of Oxford, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Université Laval - Département d'Économique and University of Ottawa - Department of Economics
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Monetary Child Poverty, Child Deprivations, Maternal Education, Heckman Selection Model

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Estimating Basic Capabilities: A Structural Equation Model Applied to Bolivia

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Estimating Basic Capabilities: A Structural Equation Model Applied to Bolivia

World Development, Vol. 36, No. 6, 2008
Posted: 03 Feb 2015
Jaya Krishnakumar and Paola Ballon
University of Geneva and University of Oxford

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Capability approach, structural equation model (SEM), human development, education, living conditions, Bolivia