@article{Gebremedhin:139737,
      recid = {139737},
      author = {Gebremedhin, Tesfaye A.},
      title = {The Dynamics of Poverty in Urban Ethiopia},
      address = {2006},
      number = {417-2016-26371},
      pages = {30},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {The paper examines poverty in urban Ethiopia using  household survey data for 1994 and
2000. Consumption  poverty is found to be high, with an overall head count of  47 per
cent, in 1994, and 40 per cent, in 2000. As monetary  measures may not appropriately
capture welfare in  non-monetary dimensions of life, non-monetary indicators,  such as,
subjective welfare status, nutritional status of  children and housing characteristics are
also examined. The  findings indicate that there is a significant association  between
consumption poverty and subjective welfare status,  but a weak agreement in ranking of
households. Non poor  households, in terms of consumption, are found to enjoy  better
housing amenities. However, the association between  consumption poverty and child
nutritional status is not  strong. Poverty dynamics is also analysed using  transition
matrices and multivariate regression techniques.  It was found that over 58 per cent of
panel households had  experienced poverty at least once during the period. Of  these, over
half had been chronically poor. The poverty  transition was also quite significant with
over a quarter  of households experiencing a change in their poverty  status. The results
also showed that households with higher  dependency ratio and whose heads are self
employed, casual  workers, pensioners and unemployed have a lower probability  of
exiting poverty. Those that are educated and belong to  major ethnic groups have a higher
probability of exit.  Similar factors are significant in affecting the  probability of entry.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/139737},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.139737},
}