We give in this note an overview of the way income inequality is approached in economics.\r\nWe first recall the basic properties that any inequality index is required to possess and\r\nwe insist on the distinction between the indices of relative inequality and the indices of\r\nabsolute...

This paper gives an overview of the way the issue of poverty measurement is typically addressed in economics. After having briefly defined what is meant by poverty in economics, I examine successively the unidimensional approach to poverty based on the income or expenses, and the...