To what extent do income taxation systems decrease poverty? We raise this question under the assumption that well …

To what extent do income taxation systems decrease poverty? We raise this question under the assumption that well …

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 … income. Particular emphasis is placed on those properties of the poverty measures, that are deemed reasonable, and on their …