for each member of a household. We assess the effects of two types of edit check questions on measurement error and survey …

derive these measures are largely unsatisfactory. The axiomatic theory of indexes does not make clear which economic problem …. For example, the theory of the CPI is usually developed for a single consumer with homothetic preferences and then applied … to a large aggregate of diverse consumers with non-homothetic preferences. In this paper I develop a unitary theory that …

This essay aims at a broad, main-stream account of the literature on inequality and poverty measurement in the space of … functionings. In addition to an introductory and a concluding part, the paper has four sections. The first of these, on measurement … rankings; poverty measures and anti-poverty policy; and other issues in the measurement of poverty. The third section considers …