Ramya M. Vijaya|Rahul Lahoti|Hema Swaminathan
Moving from the Household to the Individual: Multidimensional Poverty Analysis
Stockton University|Indian Institute of Management Bangalore|Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
due data limitations current multidimensional measures poverty use household rather individual unit analysis household measures unable capture intrahousehold differences resource allocation differ along gender lines paper uses data karnataka household asset survey construct individual level multidimensional poverty measure karnataka india results show individual level measures identify substantial gender differences poverty masked using household measures thus genderdisaggregated data analysis provide useful complement household level poverty measures