The social welfare implications, decomposability, and geometry of the Sen family of poverty indices;Implications en termes de bien-être collectif, décomposabilité et géométrie de la famille d'indices de pauvreté à la Sen

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 138-152

  Xu, Kuan ^a   Osberg, Lars ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 2142647920     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5982.00124     Document Type: Article

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