Miss-targeted or miss-measured?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 100
Issue: 1
Pages: 9-12

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

A method is proposed for testing the robustness of the assessed targeting performance of an anti-poverty program to the fact that program administrators have a broader concept of "poverty" than the economist/evaluator. An application is given to China's main urban anti-poverty program.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:1:p:9-12
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29