sometimes also for evaluating the “poverty” degree of this population. In this article we show that Gini’s index is not always … so adequate to measure the poverty level of an analyzed population. More precisely, we’ll get two very different income … Gini index only together with other similar or complementary poverty indicators to evaluate the poverty level of a given …

point is afforded by the status of a focus axiom in the measurement of poverty. Focus requires that a measure of poverty … poverty indices advanced in the literature satisfy an income-focus but not a population-focus axiom. This, it is argued in the … present paper, makes for an incoherent underlying conception of poverty. The paper provides examples of poverty measures which …

by groups and income sources. The multi-decomposition of the poverty growth yields respectively: the growth rate of the … poverty incidence (poverty rate) decomposed by groups, the growth rate of the poverty depth (poverty gap ratios) decomposed by …-decomposition is not unique. It is mainly dependent on poverty lines defined on the space of income sources. An application to …

This paper analizes the links between non-monetary deprivation and inequalities in poverty levels in Europe. Non … Poverty (GIP). These two complementary indicators allow respectively to identify the principal characteristics of non …-monetary deprivation and the determinants of the inequalities in poverty. The study makes use of data for 22 European Countries based on …

by groups and income sources. The multi-decomposition of the poverty growth yields respectively: the growth rate of the … poverty incidence (poverty rate) decomposed by groups, the growth rate of the poverty depth (poverty gap ratios) decomposed by …-decomposition is not unique. It is mainly dependent on poverty lines defined on the space of income sources. An application to …

Despite the increasing awareness concerning the importance of distinguishing chronic and transient poverty for policy … making, cross-country comparative studies of poverty dynamics in developing countries are virtually non-existent. The small … differences among them. Crucial questions are still unanswered. Are the factors associated with chronic poverty and vulnerability …

of schooling and gross domestic regional product, but positively associated with the income Gini index, poverty incidence …, and poverty gap. …