The axiomatic approach to unidimensional poverty

Casilda Lasso de la Vega

Chapter 7 in Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, 2023, pp 70-81 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter presents a brief survey of the axioms usually required for unidimensional poverty measures and of their implications. It also reviews which of these axioms are satisfied by some of the most popular poverty indices.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Geography; Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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