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On the Mean of Squared Deprivation Gaps

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  • Achin Chakraborty
  • Prasanta Pattanaik
  • Yongsheng Xu

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  • Achin Chakraborty & Prasanta Pattanaik & Yongsheng Xu, 2008. "On the Mean of Squared Deprivation Gaps," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 34(1), pages 181-187, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:34:y:2008:i:1:p:181-187
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-006-0128-0
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    1. Foster, James & Greer, Joel & Thorbecke, Erik, 1984. "A Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 52(3), pages 761-766, May.
    2. Sen, Amartya K, 1976. "Poverty: An Ordinal Approach to Measurement," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 44(2), pages 219-231, March.
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    Keywords

    Mean of squared deprivation gaps; Equivalent transfer; Deprivation; D3; I3; O1;
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    JEL classification:

    • D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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