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Poverty-growth elasticity models exceed their data quality
Papers trying to calculate the elasticity between recent GDP growth and reductions or increases in poverty use models that are far more sophisticated than the underlying databases can support.
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Morten JervenEvidence Quote
“when we look at papers written on that trying to calculate these in relationships between recent GDP growth and recent reductions or increases in poverty, these models are unfortunately way more sophisticated than the underlying data bases allow.”
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:25:58 AM
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