Aggregate poverty measures

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-162

  Zheng, Buhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Axiom; Deprivation; Distribution sensitive; Interrelationship; Poverty measure; Poverty measurement

Indexed keywords

POLICY EVALUATION; POLICY IMPLICATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY MEASURE; POVERTY MEASUREMENT; SOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 0031442951     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6419.00028     Document Type: Article

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