Income distribution dependence of poverty measure: A theoretical analysis

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 241-252

  Chattopadhyay, Amit K ^a   Mallick, Sushanta K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption deprivation; Income distribution; Inequality; Inflexion point; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYING;

CONSUMPTION DEPRIVATION; DEVELOPING ECONOMY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFLEXION POINT;

COST ACCOUNTING;

EID: 33846257626     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.10.103     Document Type: Article

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