A new index of poverty

DOI10.1016/0165-4896(83)90064-1zbMath0547.90022MaRDI QIDQ799230

Satya R. Chakravarty

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Mathematical Social Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(83)90064-1

zbMATH Keywords

index of poverty; measurement of poverty; utility gaps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

91B82: Statistical methods; economic indices and measures

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