Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5057574 | Economics Letters | 2017 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Utilizing results from partial poverty orderings, we characterize a class of generalized Sen poverty indices. A generalized Sen poverty index is defined as the weighted area between the line of zero-poverty and the censored generalized Lorenz curve. Unlike the original Sen index, the generalized Sen index can satisfy the key axioms for poverty measurement.
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Authors
Buhong Zheng,