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A Simple Axiomatization of the Foster, Greer and Thorbecke Poverty Orderings

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  • Udo Ebert
  • Patrick Moyes

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The paper presents a simple characterization of the poverty orderings which are represented by a poverty measure belonging to the Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke class. All properties introduced are formulated within an ordinal framework. Furthermore, a new concept is proposed: the equivalent societal income which—if given to each individual in society—yields the same level of poverty as the actual income distribution. It is a specific indicator of the underlying poverty ordering, has attractive properties and allows us to prove the main result in a direct way.

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  • Udo Ebert & Patrick Moyes, 2002. "A Simple Axiomatization of the Foster, Greer and Thorbecke Poverty Orderings," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 4(4), pages 455-473, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jpbect:v:4:y:2002:i:4:p:455-473
    DOI: 10.1111/1097-3923.00105
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