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This paper shows how distance functions, a tool typically employed in production economics to measure the distance between a set of inputs and a set of outputs, can be employed to approximate a composite measure encompassing the many dimensions of well-being. It also illustrates how to implement...
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Poverty is generally defined as income or expenditure insufficiency, but the economic condition of a household also depends on its real and financial asset holdings. This paper investigates measures of poverty that rely on indicators of household net worth. We review and assess two main...
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and analysis to develop a methodology for improving the measurement of the upper tail of the distribution, which is …
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"Much ink has been spilled on poverty measurements and trends, at the expense of revealing causality. Assembling multi-disciplinary and international contributions, this book shows that a causal understanding of poverty in rich and poor countries is essential. That understanding must be based on...
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This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It … Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement -- 1 The Information Basis of Multivariate Poverty Assesments -- 2 … Multidimensional Poverty Measurement -- 4 A Cluster Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty in Switzerland -- 5 Multidimensional Poverty …
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