A Practical Proposal for Simplifying the Measurement of Income Poverty

Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Subramanian, S ^a  

^a MADRAS INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Fuzzy approach; Fuzzy membership function; Fuzzy poverty measurement; Identification; Sen welfare index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859367820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239115.003.0024     Document Type: Chapter

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