scholarly journals A Head‐count Measure of Rank Mobility and its Directional Decomposition

Economica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 85 (340) ◽  
pp. 793-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Bossert ◽  
Burak Can ◽  
Conchita D'Ambrosio
Keyword(s):  
Head Count ◽  
Directional Decomposition

scholarly journals Analysis of Poverty Profile by Type of House of Households in Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Krishna Prasad Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Count Rate ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Poverty Index ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Head Count ◽  
Index Index

This study focuses on the Poverty Profile by type of house of Households in Nepal among 5,988 households of Nepal. It is based on the Nepal Living Standards Survey-III 2010/11 cross-sectional data. The data were used to analyze descriptive statistics including poverty profiles. The FGT poverty index (index proposed by Foster, Greer and Thorbecke) is employed to examine the head count rate or poverty incidence, poverty gap and severity poverty of Nepal. It reveals that 25.2% of the sample households live below the poverty line (Rs.19261 per individual per year) with an average poverty gap and squared poverty gap of 5.43% and 1.81 % respectively. Households living in Pakki and Non-Pakki houses are 0.8 and 52.4 percent average poor and 0.2 and 1.7 percent core poor respectively.

scholarly journals Poverty Situation of Cocoa Smallholders and Its Determinant in West Sulawesi, Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Nurlaela Nurlaela ◽  
Muhammad Arafat Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Education Attainment ◽  
Price Information ◽  
Determinant Factors ◽  
Head Count ◽  
Cocoa Farmers

Poverty of cocoa smallhoders is still identifed as a serious issue in Indonesia. The general specific objectives of the research is to calculate the percentage of cocoa smallholders are living below the Provincial Poverty Line and identifying determinant affects poverty of smallholders. The research employed Head Count Index and Path Analysis. Results show that the percentage of cocoa farmers living below Poverty Line reached 65% in the province. Determinant factors affects poverty situation is education attainment of family member, access to price information, cocoa estate area, distance to school. It suggests that in order to reduce poverty of cocoa farmers need to improve children and education attainment, making school is more closer to the farmers community and develop cocoa estate area and connecting price information to the farmers.

Head Count Tracking System to Maintain Social Distance during Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kailasam Selvaraj ◽  
P Jeya Shruthy ◽  
P Raja Sekaran
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Head Count

Financing Sustainable Development in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 140-152
Author(s):  
Oluwabunmi Opeyemi Adejumo ◽  
Uchenna R. Efobi ◽  
Simplice A. Asongu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
African Region ◽  
What Works ◽  
Development Indicator ◽  
Head Count ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Societal Problems

Actualizing sustainable development in Africa will require enormous economic resources. This implies that there must be a clear balance of prioritization of financing options on what works best for development in this region without further escalating other societal problems. The authors argue in the chapter that though there has been some benefit from the traditional means of financing development in Africa, some drawbacks still exist considering the rising rate of inequality and poverty head-count in the region. On this note, this present study examines financing options that have previously been advocated for in financing development in the African region (i.e., taking stock), such as development assistance and foreign investment, by considering its implication on development outcomes like poverty, inequality, and aggregate human development indicator in the region.

scholarly journals Measuring income inequalities beyond the Gini coefficient

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 561-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikuláš Luptáčik ◽  
Eduard Nežinský
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Gini Index ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Poverty Index ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Head Count ◽  
Weights Restrictions

AbstractGrowing interest in the analysis of interrelationships between income distribution and economic growth has recently stimulated new theoretical and empirical research. Measures such as the head-count ratio for the poverty index or the widely used Gini coefficient are aggregated indicators describing the general extent of inequality without deeper insights into income distribution among households. To derive an indicator accounting for income distribution among income groups, we propose a new approach based on an output oriented DEA model where the input value is unitized to 1 for each country and weights restrictions imposed so as to favour a higher income share in the lower quantiles. We demonstrate the merits of this approach on the quintile income breakdown data of 29 European countries. Prioritizing lower income groups’ welfare, countries such as Slovenia and Slovakia can be equally favoured by the new proposed indicator while being assessed differently by the Gini index. An intertemporal analysis reveals a slight deterioration of income distribution in the majority of 29 European countries over the period of 2007–2016 in a Rawlsian sense.

An Accounting Framework for Identifying Internet Abuse

2011 ◽  
pp. 302-318
Author(s):  
Asokan Anandarajan ◽  
C. A. Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Remedial Action ◽  
Current Accounting ◽  
Web Usage ◽  
Internet Abuse ◽  
Head Count ◽  
Costing System ◽  
It Departments

Current accounting methods used by companies do not charge departments appropriately for Internet usage. The problem is compounded because information technology (IT) departments have lacked the ability and process to track Internet usage. Currently time and costs for Internet usage by departments are often allocated based on head count or perceived usage. This crude allocation method could result in disproportionate allocation and charges, some departments being attributed more than their share while other departments get “free rides.” This paper recommends the use of an activity-based costing system for budgeting the costs associated with Internet usage. The costs thus budgeted can then be compared to actual costs to arrive at a variance. If such variance is unfavorable, and it is significant, then managers should be penalized as this could reflect abuse with respect to Web usage. Penalization could take the form of reducing departmental incomes by the variance. If managers are evaluated on departmental earnings, then there will be an incentive to investigate the problem and take remedial action.

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