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30 publications found, searching for 'Time Poverty '

• Research Project Report July 08, 2021

  Scope and Effects of Reducing Time Deficits via Intrahousehold Redistribution of Household Production

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, Fernando Rios-Avila, and Abena D. Oduro
  Abstract

  Gender disparity in the division of responsibilities for unpaid care and domestic work (household production) is a central and pervasive component of inequalities between men and women and boys and girls. Reducing disparity in household production figures as one element of the goal of gender equality enshrined in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) […]

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• Working Paper No. 970 September 25, 2020

  Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the Development of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) for Ethiopia and South Africa

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This paper presents a description of the quality of match of the statistical matches used in the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) estimates prepared for Ethiopia and South Africa. For Ethiopia, the statistical match combines the Ethiopian Socio-economic Survey—Wave 3—2015/2016 (ESS) with the Ethiopian Time Use Survey (ETUS) 2013. For South […]

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• Working Paper No. 967 September 07, 2020

  Quality of Statistical Match Used in the Estimation of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Italy 2008 and 2014 and Preliminary Results

  Erica Aloè
  Abstract

  This paper assesses the quality of the statistical matching used in the LIMTIP estimates for Italy for 2008 and 2014. The match combines the 2008–9 and 2013–14 Italian Time Use Survey (IT-TUS) with the Italian data collected for the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions (IT-SILC) in 2009 and 2015. After the matching, the […]

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• Research Project Report September 17, 2019

  Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Impacts of Improving Physical and Social Infrastructure

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, Kijong Kim, Tamar Khitarishvili, Michalis Nikiforos, and Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  Feminist economics has long emphasized the role of physical and social infrastructure as determinants of the time women spend on household production (the provision of unpaid domestic services and care). Surprisingly, there is a lack of studies that directly investigate how infrastructure improvements affect the time spent on household production and commuting to work, which […]

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• Research Project Report April 01, 2019

  Investing in Early Childhood Education and Care in Kyrgyz Republic

  Kijong Kim, and İpek Ilkkaracan
  Abstract

  Expansion of early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for all is a matter of the choices made regarding the allocation of public resources. As such, it is as much an issue of children’s well-being and gender equality as it is an issue of economic policy and fiscal allocation. This study—authored by Institute scholars Ipek […]

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• Research Project Report August 08, 2018

  The Measurement of Time and Consumption Poverty in Ghana and Tanzania

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, Kijong Kim, Tamar Khitarishvili, and Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  Time constraints that stem from the overlapping domains of paid and unpaid work are of central concern to the debates surrounding the economic development of developing countries in general and countries of sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Time deficits due to household production are especially acute in these countries due to the poor state of social […]

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• Policy Notes No. 4 May 31, 2018

  Wage Employment and the Prospects of Women’s Economic Empowerment

  Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  In this policy note, Thomas Masterson and Ajit Zacharias address the nexus between wage employment, consumption poverty, and time deficits in the context of Ghana and Tanzania. Based on a recently completed research project supported by the Hewlett Foundation, the authors apply the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) to estimate whether […]

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• Policy Notes No. 4 November 09, 2017

  How Time Deficits and Hidden Poverty Undermine the Sustainable Development Goals

  Ajit Zacharias
  Abstract

  The predominant framework for measuring poverty rests on an implicit assumption that everyone has enough time available to devote to household production or enough resources to compensate for deficits in household production by purchasing market substitutes. Senior Scholar Ajit Zacharias argues that this implicit bias in our official poverty statistics threatens to undermine the Sustainable […]

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• Working Paper No. 873 September 13, 2016

  Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the Development of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) for Ghana and Tanzania

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This document presents a description of the quality of match of the statistical matches used in the LIMTCP estimates prepared for Ghana and Tanzania. For Ghana, the statistical match combines the Living Standards Survey Round 6 (GLSS6) with the Ghana Time Use Survey (GTUS) 2009, and for Tanzania it combines the Household Budget Survey (THBS) […]

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• Working Paper No. 871 August 09, 2016

  Simulations of Employment for Individuals in LIMTCP Consumption-poor Households in Tanzania and Ghana, 2012

  Thomas Masterson, Kijong Kim, and Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  New methodology for producing employment microsimulations is introduced, with a focus on farms and household nonfarm enterprises. Previous simulations have not dealt with the issue of reduced production in farm and nonfarm household enterprises when household members are placed in paid employment. In this paper, we present a method for addressing the tradeoff between paid […]

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• Working Paper No. 865 May 05, 2016

  Measuring Poverty in the Case of Buenos Aires

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Valeria Esquivel
  Abstract

  We describe the production of estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for Buenos Aires, Argentina, and use it to analyze the incidence of time and income poverty. We find high numbers of hidden poor—those who are not poor according to the official measure but are found to be poor […]

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• Research Project Report August 28, 2014

  The Measurement of Time and Income Poverty in Korea

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  This report presents findings from a joint project of the Levy Economics Institute and the Korea Employment Information Service, with the central objective of developing a measure of time and income poverty for Korea that takes into account household production (unpaid work) requirements. Standard measurements of poverty assume that all households have enough time to […]

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• Public Policy Brief No. 136 August 28, 2014

  Can Child-care Subsidies Reduce Poverty?

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  In partnership with the Korea Employment Information Service, Senior Scholar Ajit Zacharias and Research Scholars Thomas Masterson and Kijong Kim investigate the complex issues of gender, changing labor market conditions, and the public provisioning of child care in Korea using the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP), an alternative measure that factors […]

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• Public Policy Brief No. 132 May 05, 2014

  How Poor Is Turkey? And What Can Be Done About It?

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  Gauging the severity of poverty in a given country requires a reasonably comprehensive measurement of whether individuals and households are surpassing some basic threshold of material well-being. This would seem to be an obvious point, and yet, in most cases, our official poverty metrics fail that test, often due to a crucial omission. In this […]

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• Public Policy Brief No. 132 May 05, 2014

  Πόσο φτωχή είναι η Τουρκία και τι μπορεί να γίνει

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  H μέτρηση της σοβαρότητας της φτώχειας σε μια δεδομένη χώρα πρέπει να εξετάζει με έναν αρκετά περιεκτικό τρόπο το κατά πόσο τα άτομα και τα νοικοκυριά ξεπερνούν κάποιο βασικό όριο όσον αφορά την υλική ευημερία. Ωστόσο, αν και αυτό το σημείο πιθανώς να φαίνεται προφανές, στις περισσότερες περιπτώσεις οι επίσημες μετρήσεις της φτώχειας αποτυγχάνουν αυτή […]

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• Research Project Report May 01, 2014

  Time Deficits and Poverty

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  Official poverty lines in Turkey and other countries often ignore the fact that unpaid household production activities that contribute to the fulfillment of material needs and wants are essential for the household to reproduce itself as a unit. This omission has consequences. Taking household production for granted when measuring poverty yields an unacceptably incomplete picture, […]

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• Working Paper No. 793 March 27, 2014

  Quality of Statistical Match and Employment Simulations Used in the Estimation of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP) for South Korea, 2009

  Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  The quality of match of the statistical match used in the LIMTIP estimates for South Korea in 2009 is described. The match combines the 2009 Korean Time Use Survey (KTUS 2009) with the 2009 Korean Welfare Panel Study (KWPS 2009). The alignment of the two datasets is examined, after which various aspects of the match […]

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• One-Pager No. 46 February 12, 2014

  Time and Consumption Poverty in Turkey

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  The Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) is a two-dimensional measure that takes into account both the necessary consumption expenditures and the household production time needed to achieve a minimum standard of living—factors often ignored in official poverty measures. In the case of Turkey, application of the LIMTCP reveals an additional 7.6 […]

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• One-Pager No. 46 February 12, 2014

  Φτώχεια χρόνου και κατανάλωσης στην Τουρκία

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Emel Memiş
  Abstract

  Το Μέτρο Φτώχειας Χρόνου και Κατανάλωσης του Levy Institute (LIMTCP) είναι ένα δισδιάστατο μέτρο που λαμβάνει υπόψη τόσο τις απαραίτητες καταναλωτικές δαπάνες όσο και το χρόνο που απαιτείται από τα νοικοκυριά για την επίτευξη ενός ελάχιστου επιπέδου διαβίωσης, παράγοντες που συχνά αγνοούνται από την επίσημη μέτρηση της φτώχιας. Στην περίπτωση της Τουρκίας, η εφαρμογή του […]

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• One-Pager No. 45 January 13, 2014

  Time Deficits and Hidden Poverty in Korea

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Official poverty lines in Korea and other countries ignore the fact that unpaid household production contributes to the fulfillment of material needs and wants that are essential to attaining a minimum standard of living. By taking household work for granted, these official estimates provide an inaccurate accounting of the breadth and depth of poverty—and can […]

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• One-Pager No. 45 January 13, 2014

  Έλλειμμα χρόνου και κρυφή φτώχεια στην Κορέα

  Ajit Zacharias, Thomas Masterson, and Kijong Kim
  Abstract

  Τα επίσημα ποσοστά φτώχειας στην Κορέα και σε άλλες χώρες αγνοούν το γεγονός ότι η άμισθη παραγωγή των νοικοκυριών συμβάλλει στην εκπλήρωση των υλικών αναγκών και των επιθυμιών που είναι απαραίτητες για την επίτευξη ενός ελάχιστου επιπέδου διαβίωσης. Με το να θεωρούνται δεδομένες οι δουλειές του νοικοκυριού, οι επίσημες εκτιμήσεις παρέχουν ανακριβή μέτρηση του εύρους […]

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• Public Policy Brief No. 126 November 06, 2012

  It's About "Time"

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  We cannot adequately assess how much or how little progress we have made in addressing the condition of the most vulnerable in our societies, or provide accurate guidance to policymakers intent on improving each individual’s and household’s ability to reach a basic standard of living, if we do not have a reliable means of measuring […]

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• Public Policy Brief No. 126 November 06, 2012

  Εργασία, οικιακή παραγωγή και χρονικές απαιτήσεις

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Δεν μπορούμε να εκτιμήσουμε επαρκώς πόση πολύ ή πόση λίγη πρόοδος έχει γίνει για την αντιμετώπιση της κατάστασης των πιο ευάλωτων στις κοινωνίες μας, ή να παρέχουμε σωστή καθοδήγηση στους χαράκτες πολιτικής που στοχεύουν στη βελτίωση των ικανοτήτων του κάθε ατόμου και νοικοκυριού να επιτύχει ένα βασικό βιοτικό επίπεδο, αν δεν διαθέτουμε ένα αξιόπιστο μέσο […]

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• One-Pager No. 34 October 04, 2012

  Uncovering the Hidden Poor

  Rania Antonopoulos, Ajit Zacharias, and Thomas Masterson
  Abstract

  Standard poverty measurements assume that all households and individuals have enough time to engage in the unpaid cooking, cleaning, and caregiving that are essential to attaining a bare-bones standard of living. But this assumption is false. With the support of the United Nations Development Programme and the International Labour Organization, Senior Scholars Rania Antonopoulos and […]

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