This paper develops the link between poverty and inequality by focussing on a class of poverty indices (some of them … parameter that captures the ethical sensitivity of poverty measurement to "exclusion" or "relative-deprivation" aversion. We … also show how the indices can be readily used to predict the impact of growth on poverty. An illustration using LIS data …

and inequality. We show how, when the range of possible poverty lines is unbounded above, a robust ranking of absolute … maximum poverty line is bounded and for certain orders of stochastic dominance, so long as social welfare and inequality … use of some popular indices of relative poverty and censored inequality. Finally, we illustrate geometrically how the new …

and inequality. We show how, when the range of possible poverty lines is unbounded above, a robust ranking of absolute … maximum poverty line is bounded and for certain orders of stochastic dominance, so long as social welfare and inequality … use of some popular indices of relative poverty and censored inequality. Finally, we illustrate geometrically how the new …

and ranges of poverty lines. We then provide statistical procedures that rely on the use of sample data to infer whether …

This paper explores the link between poverty and inequality through an analysis of the poverty impact of changes in … empirical linkages between poverty, growth and inequality. It might also help design policies to improve both equity and welfare … as the choice of inequality and poverty aversion parameters, and that of the poverty line). The elasticities are also …

poverty lines. We then provide statistical procedures that rely on the use of sample data to infer whether growth has been pro …

for comparing relative poverty. The results warn against the use of some popular indices of inequality.\ They do, however … poverty and restricted inequality. We also illustrate graphically how the new criteria of restricted inequality dominance …This paper develops criteria for a new concept of restricted inequality dominance and show how they relate to criteria …

inequality. We show inter alia, how, when the range of possible poverty lines is unbounded above, a robust ranking of absolute …This paper extends the previous literature on the ethical links between the measurement of poverty, social welfare and … poverty may be interpreted as a robust ranking of social welfare, and a robust ranking of relative poverty may be intepreted …

poverty, welfare and inequality. This includes estimators of most of the poverty indices currently in use, as well as … estimators of the curves used to infer stochastic dominance of any order. These curves can be used to determine whether poverty …, inequality or social welfare is greater in one distribution than in another for general classes of indices. We also derive the …