Discontinuous losses from poverty, generalized Pα measures, and optimal transfers to the poor

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-175

  Bourguignon, François ^a   Fields, Gary ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipoverty policy; Poverty index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030640565     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(96)01589-7     Document Type: Article

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