The measurement of poverty intensity we use was initially advocated by Sen (1976), and modified recently by Shorrocks … Shorrocls, we refer henceforth to the SSR index. Section 2 of this article begins by discussing the SST index of poverty … intensity and its decomposition into the poverty rate, the average poverty gap ratio among the poor and the overall Gini index …

The measurement of poverty intensity we use was initially advocated by Sen (1976), and modified recently by Shorrocks … Shorrocls, we refer henceforth to the SSR index. Section 2 of this article begins by discussing the SST index of poverty … intensity and its decomposition into the poverty rate, the average poverty gap ratio among the poor and the overall Gini index …

the missing labor income through imputation methods. The official measurement of labor poverty indicates an increase from … 42% to 53% in the 2005-2012 period, but poverty measured with imputed income increases only from 36% to 40%, a much lower …

involved, of the difficulties which can arise in the measurement of poverty and inequality when one compares populations of … differing size. The paper begins with certain problems attending the measurement of poverty when the overall population size is … Parfit’s quest for a satisfactory theory of wellbeing and the economist’s quest for a satisfactory measure of poverty …

-relevant work on poverty measurement. The paper also presents results on empirical exercises comparing trends in inequality, and … various poverty lines in India in the recent past. The paper concludes with policy observations on economic reforms in India …, and directions for further empirical research on poverty. …

generations. There is a greater social mobility and less poverty in the younger generations. The overall trends "are going well … be changed in order to take into account these findings. The author believes that social policy must focus on poverty and … lives (during an episode of poverty) and not forever (because these people are not intrinsically poor). Consequently, the …

generate a poverty trap.  The setting is rural China, and the data are from a national household survey for 2002, designed with … that poverty has an adverse effect on both the quality and quantity of education - so contributing to a poverty trap.  The … community income - so also contributing to a poverty trap.  The third strand brings no fewer than 17 estimated relationships …