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This paper proposes a new methodology for multidimensional poverty measurement consisting of an identification method … ρk that extends the traditional intersection and union approaches, and a class of poverty measures Mα. Our identification … joint restrictions on identification and the measures, and the methodology satisfies a range of desirable properties …
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In the context of multidimensional poverty measurement, it seems plausible to assume that when individuals are deprived in some dimensions and non-deprived in the remaining ones, the latter can be allowed to play a non-trivial role in the assessment of those individuals' poverty levels. Yet,...
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It is generally agreed that poverty cannot be faithfully represented by a single monetary measure. Poverty involves many different aspects of life, and people can be poor in different ways, to different degrees and from several points of view. For this reason, fuzzy multidimensional indicators...
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1994 to 2005, i.e., a pro-poor growth accompanied by increased inequality. Our results are robust to the use of the four …
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minimal in the rural areas where poverty is high and inequality actually increased between 1996 and 2001. …
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registered an important structural change. The analysis is based on microdata and inequality indexes. Once obtained the family …
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paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a … leads to important changes in the top-end of the distribution and to an overestimation in the main inequality indicators in …
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This study aims to determine patterns of poverty and inequality in small areas and household characteristics related to …
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In this paper, the most relevant social indicators agreed upon at European Union (EU) level are used to briefly describe the performances of Belgium in fighting poverty and inequalities, and also to compare these performances with those of the other EU Member States. To fine-tune the description...
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