mapping of household/family distributions into individual distributions) or from the point of view of sample design. The …

mapping of household/family distributions into individual distributions) or from the point of view of sample design. The …

In this paper, we propose to use the so-called Sen-Shorrocks poverty index (Shorrocks, 1995) to measure …, the most common case in the literature, and introduce a rank-dependent multidimensional poverty index for multiple binary … multidimensional deprivation using the MDI is that this index is sensitive to inequality and can be fully broken down by deprivation …

The analysis of inequality is placed in the context of recent developments in economics and statistics. …

Index of refraction is found to be a good measure of economic inequality within the Lorenz curve framework. It has …. While an index value of less than 1.00 represents an ‘anomalous refraction' in optics, such a condition of inequality … of wealth or income in different strata. In line with this analogy, first I compute refractive index for each stratum …

addressing this challenge and providing methods for ethical poverty, welfare, and inequality comparisons with univariate ordered …

lack of data for nonrespondents has hindered efforts to correct for the bias in measures of poverty and inequality … inequality, but has only a small impact on poverty incidence up to commonly used poverty lines in the United States. This paper … methods of measuring poverty and inequality from survey data …

This article provides a brief overview of the key issues in inequality measurement andhas been prepared for inclusion …

Equivalence Scales are a tool for removing the heterogeneity of household sizes in the measurement of inequality, and … affect poverty assessments and poverty lines. We address the disadvantage that poor households may suffer due to their …, as it seems to have a substantial quantitative impact on the measurement of poverty. We also suggest that future research …

Equivalence Scales are a tool for removing the heterogeneity of household sizes in the measurement of inequality, and … affect poverty assessments and poverty lines. We address the disadvantage that poor households may suffer due to their …, as it seems to have a substantial quantitative impact on the measurement of poverty. We also suggest that future research …