A fundamental premise of absolute poverty lines is that they represent the same level of utility through time and space … lines that are utility consistent. Applications to date illustrate that utility-consistent poverty measurements derived from …

A fundamental premise of absolute poverty lines is that they represent the same level of utility through time and space … lines that are utility consistent. Applications to date illustrate that utility-consistent poverty measurements derived from …

This paper offers a micro-founded general definition of poverty set in the context of utility theory. Poverty and non … adjustment to social expectations. Each of the states can be fully described by a separate technology of utility production. The …