This essay aims at a broad, main-stream account of the literature on inequality and poverty measurement in the space of … relationship between Lorenz, welfare, and inequality orderings. The second section, on poverty, deals with the identification and … aggregation exercises; properties of poverty indices; some specific poverty measures; the problem of plurality and unambiguous …

comparisons are based on CE data. Results using official poverty thresholds are shown for comparison. This is among the earliest … considered minimum or basic. Results reveal that CE and SIPP MIQ thresholds are higher than MSQ thresholds, and resulting poverty …

, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and … provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions … can be drawn from. First, urbanization has a significant effect on reducing both poverty of rural residents and poverty of …

welfare indicators, in particular poverty. We also found that horizontal inequality does matter for poverty reduction in Viet … Nam and it needs more attention when designing poverty policies in the future. …

poverty is associated with reduced university aspirations from the perspective of the youth and their mother. Further, poverty … depth matters less than incidence. In terms of magnitude, poverty contributes to about 10-15 percent of the observed … findings. Results therefore suggest that alleviating child poverty and easing post-secondary financial barriers among the poor …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality …

revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … poverty in an appropriate time period by transfers and vocational education measures for the grown-up as well as high quality …