Hoy, Michael; Zheng, Buhong - In: Journal of Economic Theory 146 (2011) 6, pp. 2544-2562
This paper presents an axiomatic framework for measuring lifetime poverty over multiple periods. For an individual, we … argue that lifetime poverty is influenced by both the “snapshot” poverty of each period and the poverty level of the … characterize classes of lifetime poverty indices and derive dominance conditions of poverty orderings for both individual and …