Estimating poverty over time and space: Construction of a time-variant poverty index for Costa Rica

2026-07-09http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/539213This paper presents the construction of a spatially explicit, nationally disaggregated measure of poverty over time in Costa Rica. The paper first describes the two possible methods considered for the construction of a poverty map: principal component anaEstimating poverty over time and space: Construction of a time-variant poverty index for Costa RicaText