A measure of poverty based on the rasch model

Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Selected Papers of the Statistical Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 327-337

  Martini, Maria Cristiana ^a   Vanin, Cristiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Regione Veneto   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite indicators; Income; Measuring poverty and inequality; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975031093     PISSN: 21947767     EISSN: 21947775     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35588-2_30     Document Type: Chapter

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