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A proposal of poverty measures based on the Bonferroni inequality index

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  • Giovanni Maria Giorgi & Michele Crescenzi, 2001. "A proposal of poverty measures based on the Bonferroni inequality index," Metron - International Journal of Statistics, Dipartimento di Statistica, Probabilità e Statistiche Applicate - University of Rome, vol. 0(3-4), pages 3-16.
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    4. Rolf Aaberge & Steinar Bjerve & Kjell Doksum, 2005. "Decomposition of rank-dependent measures of inequality by subgroups," Metron - International Journal of Statistics, Dipartimento di Statistica, Probabilità e Statistiche Applicate - University of Rome, vol. 0(3), pages 493-503.
    5. G. M. Giorgi & M. Crescenzi, 2001. "Bayesian estimation of the Bonferroni index from a Pareto-type I population," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 10(1), pages 41-48, January.
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    7. Sreelakshmi N. & Asha G. & Muraleedharan Nair K. R., 2015. "On Inferring Income Inequality Measures Using L-moments," Stochastics and Quality Control, De Gruyter, vol. 30(2), pages 75-87, December.
    8. Elena Bárcena-Martin & Jacques Silber, 2013. "On the generalization and decomposition of the Bonferroni index," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 41(4), pages 763-787, October.
    9. Satya R. Chakravarty & Pietro Muliere, 2003. "Welfare indicators: A review and new perspectives. 1. Measurement of inequality," Metron - International Journal of Statistics, Dipartimento di Statistica, Probabilità e Statistiche Applicate - University of Rome, vol. 0(3), pages 457-497.
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    11. Satya R. Chakravarty & Palash Sarkar, 2021. "An inequality paradox: relative versus absolute indices?," METRON, Springer;Sapienza Università di Roma, vol. 79(2), pages 241-254, August.
    12. Giovanni M. Giorgi & Alessio Guandalini, 2018. "Decomposing the Bonferroni Inequality Index by Subgroups: Shapley Value and Balance of Inequality," Econometrics, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-16, April.
    13. Paolo Giordani & Giovanni Giorgi, 2010. "A fuzzy logic approach to poverty analysis based on the Gini and Bonferroni inequality indices," Statistical Methods & Applications, Springer;Società Italiana di Statistica, vol. 19(4), pages 587-607, November.
    14. Mauro Mussini, 2014. "Decomposing inequality change from the perspective of reranking and income growth between income groups," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 47(2), pages 619-637, September.
    15. Mariateresa Ciommi & Chiara Gigliarano & Giovanni Maria Giorgi, 2019. "Bonferroni And De Vergottini Are Back: New Subgroup Decompositions And Bipolarization Measures," Working Papers 439, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche (I), Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali.
    16. Elena Bárcena-Martin & Jacques Silber, 2017. "The Bonferroni index and the measurement of distributional change," METRON, Springer;Sapienza Università di Roma, vol. 75(1), pages 1-16, April.
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    18. Walter Piesch, 2005. "Bonferroni-Index und De Vergottini-Index. Zum 75. und 65. Geburtstag zweier fast vergessener Ungleichheitsmaße," Diskussionspapiere aus dem Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Hohenheim 259/2005, Department of Economics, University of Hohenheim, Germany.
    19. Satya R. Chakravarty & Pietro Muliere, 2004. "Welfare indicators: a review and new perspectives. 2. Measurement of poverty," Metron - International Journal of Statistics, Dipartimento di Statistica, Probabilità e Statistiche Applicate - University of Rome, vol. 0(2), pages 247-281.

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