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Absolute and relative deprivation and the measurement of poverty
Duclos, Jean-Yves (contributor);  … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001546950
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Absolute and relative deprivation and the measurement of poverty
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Grégoire, Philippe - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001417165
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Absolute and Relative Deprivation and the Measurement of Poverty
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Gregoire, Philippe - 2013
parameter that captures the ethical sensitivity of poverty measurement to "exclusion" or "relative-deprivation" aversion. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191770
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Absolute and Relative Deprivation and the Measurement of Poverty
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Gregoire, Philippe - 2013
parameter value that captures the ethical sensitivity of poverty measurement to "exclusion" or "relative-deprivation" aversion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091756
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Comparing Multidimensional Poverty with Qualitative Indicators of Well-Being
Batana, Yele Maweki - 2014
This paper examines multidimensional stochastic dominance when one of the indicators of well-being, such as household size or place of residence, is qualitative. It also uses a test for strict dominance based on the empirical likelihood ratio. Empirical applications are based on the DHS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070304
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Restricted and Unrestricted Dominance for Welfare, Inequality and Poverty Orderings
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Makdissi, Paul - 2014
This paper extends the previous literature on the ethical links between the measurement of poverty, social welfare and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014086750
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A Normative Approach to Measuring Classical Horizontal Inequity
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Lambert, Peter J. - 1997
This paper makes a new attack on the old problem of measuring horizontal inequity (HI). A local measure of HI is proposed, and aggregated into a global index. Whilst other approaches have captured the welfare gain which would come from eliminating HI revenue-neutrally, our global index provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014173085
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A Normative and Statistical Approach to Measuring Classical Horizontal Inequity
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Lambert, Peter J. - 1999
A local measure of classical horizontal inequity (HI) in an income tax or tax-benefit system is proposed and aggregated into a global index. This index expresses the revenue gain per capita that would come from eliminating HI welfare-neutrally, and also reveals the loss of vertical performance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191764
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Polarization : Concepts, Measurement, Estimation
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Esteban, Joan Maria; Ray, Debraj - 2003
The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, we develop the measurement theory of polarization for the case in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088525
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Chronic and transient poverty : measurement and estimation, with evidence from China
Duclos, Jean-Yves (contributor);  … - 2006
The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach … apply these tools to the measurement of chronic and transient poverty in China using a rich panel data set that extends over … approximately 17 years. We find that alternative measurement techniques yield significantly different estimates of the relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003309275