A NEW MULTIPLICATIVE DECOMPOSITION FOR THE FOSTER–GREER–THORBECKE POVERTY INDICES

Oihana Aristondo (), Casilda Lasso de la Vega and Ana Urrutia

Bulletin of Economic Research, 2010, vol. 62, issue 3, 259-267

Abstract: This paper shows that Foster–Greer–Thorbecke poverty indices can be written as the product of components summarizing the incidence, intensity and inequality dimensions of poverty and provides an empirical illustration of the decomposition using Spanish household budget surveys data.

Date: 2010
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