Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle; Mishra, Srijit - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
We impose a value judgment that a decrease in failure should be accompanied by a decrease in gap (difference or ratio) between sub-groups. In other words, the same gap at lower levels of failure is to be considered worse off. This, in line with transfer sensitivity axiom of poverty indices, is...