Item response theory and the measurement of deprivation: Evidence from Luxembourg data

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1545-1560

  Szeles, Monica Raileanu ^a   Fusco, Alessio ^b  

^a Faculty of Economic Sciences   (Luxembourg)

^b CEPS INSTEAD   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Item response theory; Latent trait; Mokken scale; PSELL3

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872852508     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9607-x     Document Type: Article

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