The paper contributes to the measurement of poverty and vulnerability in three ways. First, we propose a new approach … apply these tools to the measurement of chronic and transient poverty in China using a rich panel data set that extends over … to separating poverty into chronic and transient components. Second, we provide corrections for the statistical biases …

empirical support for the claim that acquisition diaries yield the most accurate measurement of poverty and inequality and offer …

fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty …

fairness principles, namely equality of opportunity and freedom from poverty, into a joint measure of unfair inequality. Two … inequality. Second, average unfair inequality doubles when complementing the ideal of an equal opportunity society with poverty …

light on the robustness of poverty comparisons to these important measurement issues. These general conditions extend well …When comparing poverty across distributions, an analyst must select a poverty line to idendify the poor, an equivalence … scale to compare individuals from households of different compositions and sizes, and a poverty index to aggregate …

It is common to argue that poverty is a multidimensional issue. Yet few studies have included the various dimensions of … deprivation to yield a broader and fuller picture of poverty. In this paper we discuss ethical foundations of various recent … multidimensional poverty measures. An application of these measures to compare poverty between Egypt and south Africa is illustrated …

Recent pioneer papers of Sen (1981, 1985, 1992) have emphasized that poverty is a multidimensional issue. Hence, it … researchers to focus on the way multidimensional aspect of poverty should be measured and aggregated. This survey synthesizes the … contribution of the main approaches to measuring poverty in its various dimensions to better understand the theoretical framework …

This chapter reviews definitional issues that arise in assessing the extent of, and change in, poverty in western … industrialized countries, including the choice of resource, level of poverty line and appropriate adjustments for the size and type … market income poverty can have very different poverty rates once taxes and transfers have been received. Cross …

high and stable growth and a decline in the poverty rate. Although rising, however, inequality is low in Ghana compared …