Equity‐regarding poverty measures: differences in needs and the role of equivalence scales

Udo Ebert

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2010, vol. 43, issue 1, 301-322

Abstract: Abstract The paper investigates the definition of equity‐regarding poverty measures when there are different household types in the population. It demonstrates the implications of a between‐type regressive transfer principle for poverty measures, for the choice of poverty lines, and for the measurement of living standard. The role of equivalence scales, which are popular in empirical work on poverty measurement, is clarified. Ce mémoire examine la définition de mesures de pauvreté fondées sur l'équité quand existent différents types de ménages dans la population. On montre les implications d'un principe de transfert régressif entre types de ménages pour les mesures de pauvreté, pour la définition des seuils de pauvreté, et pour la mesure du niveau de vie. On clarifie le rôle des échelles d'équivalence qui sont d'un usage généralisé dans les travaux sur la mesure de la pauvreté.

Date: 2010
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