A FUZZY SET APPROACH TO POVERTY MEASUREMENT

This paper postulates two poverty indices based on a fuzzyfication of the poverty line approach and shows that they satisfy some of the usual axioms in the poverty line literature. It also shows that the headcount ratio is a particular case of a poverty measure based on fuzzy sets. Finally this paper postulates that fuzzy version of poverty measures will not satisfy the transfer axiom.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Caramuta, Diego M. ; Contiggiani, Federico
Published in:	Fuzzy Economic Review. - International Association for Fuzzy-Set Management and Economy - SIGEF, ISSN 1136-0593. - Vol. XI.2006, 1, p. 37-55
Publisher:	International Association for Fuzzy-Set Management and Economy - SIGEF
Subject:	poverty \| measurement

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	G17 - Financial Forecasting
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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