This paper is concerned with concepts - poverty, inequality, affluence, and polarization - that are typically treated … is on "well-off" countries where poverty is a minority, rather than a majority, phenomenon. At the other end of the scale … measurement of "affluence" can proceed along similar lines to the measurement of poverty. The threshold may be set, relatively, as …

-poor by a wide spectrum of poverty analysts. The statistical properties of the various estimators are also derived in order to …

When comparing poverty across distributions, an analyst must select a poverty line to identify the poor, an equivalence … scale to compare individuals from households of different compositions and sizes, and a poverty index to aggregate … individual deprivation into an index of total poverty. A different choice of poverty line, poverty index or equivalence scale can …

This paper gives an overview of the way the issue of poverty measurement is typically addressed in economics. After … having briefly defined what is meant by poverty in economics, I examine successively the unidimensional approach to poverty … income. Particular emphasis is placed on those properties of the poverty measures, that are deemed reasonable, and on their …

This paper is concerned with concepts – poverty, inequality, affluence, and polarization – that are typically treated … is on “well-off” countries where poverty is a minority, rather than a majority, phenomenon. At the other end of the scale … measurement of “affluence” can proceed along similar lines to the measurement of poverty. The threshold may be set, relatively, as …

of poverty analysts. The statistical properties of the various estimators are also derived in order to make the method …-poorness of a tax reform depends on one's conception of poverty as well as on the revenue and efficiency impact of the reform. …

This study addresses inequality of opportunities in access to education for the school-age population and in labor … reveal that inequality of opportunity in access to education exists only for a specific set of circumstances, while in labor … affect inequality of opportunities in access to education and labor income are geographic area, ethnic status and the …

a wide spectrum of poverty analysts. The statistical properties of the various estimators are also derived in order to … also shows how the pro-poorness of a tax reform depends on one's conception of poverty as well as on the revenue and …