Exploring Changes in Poverty in Zimbabwe between 1995 and 2001 using Parametric and Nonparametric Quantile Regression Decomposition Techniques

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dc.contributor.authorEriksson, Katherineen
dc.contributor.committeecochairParmeter, Christopher F.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Daniel B.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:44:23Zen
dc.date.adate2007-11-27en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:44:23Zen
dc.date.issued2007-08-21en
dc.date.rdate2007-11-27en
dc.date.sdate2007-08-28en
dc.description.abstractThis paper applies and extends Machado and Mata's parametric quantile decomposition method and a similar nonparametric technique to explore changes in welfare in Zimbabwe between 1995 and 2001. These methods allow us to construct a counterfactual distribution in order to decompose the shift into the part due to changes in endowments and that due to changes in returns. We examine two subsets of a nationally representative dataset and find that endowments had a positive effect but that returns account for more of the difference. In communal farming areas, the effect of returns was positive while, in urban Harare, it was negative.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-08282007-121603en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08282007-121603/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/34826en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartkatherine_eriksson_thesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectZimbabween
dc.subjectpovertyen
dc.subjectdecompositionen
dc.subjectnonparametric quantile regressionen
dc.titleExploring Changes in Poverty in Zimbabwe between 1995 and 2001 using Parametric and Nonparametric Quantile Regression Decomposition Techniquesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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