On intertemporal poverty measures: the role of affluence and want

This paper proposes classes of intertemporal poverty measures which take into account both the debilitating impact of prolonged spells in poverty and the mitigating effect of periods of a­ffluence on subsequent poverty. The weight assigned to the level of poverty in each time period depends on the l...

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Main Authors: Dutta, I, Roope, L, Zank, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2013

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