Absolute and relative income poverty measurement: a survey

Benoit Decerf

Chapter 3 in Research Handbook on Poverty and Inequality, 2023, pp 36-51 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter reviews the debate opposing the absolute and relative approaches to income poverty measurement and introduces a proposal combining both approaches into a single “overall” income poverty measure. After presenting the most salient proposals of hybrid poverty lines, the chapter justifies with reasons why specific poverty indices may be required when a hybrid line is used and describes the class of hierarchical indices. With all these conceptual developments, these overall income poverty measures are available for immediate application in a variety of contexts.

Keywords: Development Studies; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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