Variable Populations and the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality: A Selective Overview

The present paper is a selective overview, very considerably based on work in which the author himself has been involved, of the difficulties which can arise in the measurement of poverty and inequality when one compares populations of differing size. The

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Subramanian, S.
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	poverty \| inequality \| total principle \| average principle \| fixed population axioms \| variable population axioms \| impossibility theorems

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Research Paper WP2012/53 2 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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