Distribution-Sensitive Multidimensional Poverty Measures

Distribution-Sensitive Multidimensional Poverty Measures

This paper presents axiomatic arguments to make the case for distribution-sensitive multidimensional poverty measures. The commonly-used counting measures violate the strong transfer axiom which requires regressive transfers to be unambiguously pov...

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Main Author: Datt, Gaurav
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
TRANSFER AXIOM
CROSS-DIMENSIONAL CONVEXITY
SHAPLEY DECOMPOSITION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156261519136911696/Distribution-sensitive-multidimensional-poverty-measures
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29406

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156261519136911696/Distribution-sensitive-multidimensional-poverty-measures
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29406

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