Do we need a separate poverty measurement?

The aim of this paper is twofold. The first is to illustrate that a poverty index can be derived from a decomposition of an appropriate inequality index. The advantage of decomposing an inequality index is that the decomposition supplies additional information that is useful for poverty measurement....

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Veröffentlicht in:	European Journal of Political Economy 2002-03, Vol.18 (1), p.61-85
1. Verfasser:	Yitzhaki, Shlomo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Decomposition Economic methodology Income distribution Indexes (Measures) Inequality Measurement Policy Analysis Policy evaluation Poverty Romania Social Indicators Social Inequality Welfare economics
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