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Welfare Approaches to the Measurement of Poverty

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A set of poverty indices is constructed which is based on an explicit view of the loss of social welfare which results from the existence of poverty, in comparison t o a society in which poverty has been eliminated. The indices are based on the entire distribution of income, rather than only the incomes of the poor, and thus embody the concept of relative deprivation. Formal properties of the indices are developed, together with their relationship to welfare based inequality indices; both are seen as subsets of a wider choice of measures dependent on a particular choice of "reference" distribution. Copyright 1987 by Royal Economic Society.

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  • Vaughan, R N, 1987. "Welfare Approaches to the Measurement of Poverty," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 97(388a), pages 160-170, Supplemen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecj:econjl:v:97:y:1987:i:388a:p:160-70
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    1. John Quiggin & Renuka Mahadevan, 2015. "The poverty burden: a measure of the difficulty of ending extreme poverty," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(2), pages 167-177, April.
    2. Antonio Villar, 2022. "Welfare poverty and human development," Working Papers 22.04, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Economics.
    3. Bhattarai, Keshab, 2010. "Strategic And General Equilibrium Models In Poverty Measurement Studies," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(1), pages 137-150, March.
    4. Storchmann, Karl, 2005. "Long-Run Gasoline demand for passenger cars: the role of income distribution," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 25-58, January.
    5. Paul Koster, 2023. "Urban income inequality and social welfare," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 23-009/VIII, Tinbergen Institute.
    6. Jayaraj D & Subramanian S, 2017. "The Iniquity of Money-Metric Poverty in India," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 12(1), pages 1-26, June.
    7. Keshab Raj Bhattarai, 2007. "Analyses of Poverty and Income Redistribution," EcoMod2007 23900007, EcoMod.
    8. Nanak Kakwani & Medhi Krongkaew, 2000. "Analysing Poverty In Thailand," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(1-2), pages 141-160.
    9. Sreenivasan Subramanian, 2004. "Indicators of Inequality and Poverty," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2004-25, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    10. Lucio Esposito, 2010. "Upper Boundedness For The Measurement Of Relative Deprivation," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 56(3), pages 632-639, September.
    11. Walter Bossert & Susumu Cato & Kohei Kamaga, 2022. "Generalized Poverty-gap Orderings," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 164(1), pages 189-215, November.

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