Arbeitspapier

On some problems of variable population poverty comparisons

This paper demonstrates that the property of 'replication invariance', generally considered to be an innocuous requirement for the extension of fixed-population poverty comparisons to variable-population contexts, is incompatible with other plausible variable- and fixed-population axioms.

ISBN
978-92-9230-309-9
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2010/71

Classification
Wirtschaft
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Distribution: General
Subject
variable populations
fixed populations
replication invariance
population focus
income focus
impossibility result

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Hassoun, Nicole
Subramanian, S.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(where)
Helsinki
(when)
2010

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Hassoun, Nicole
  • Subramanian, S.
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Time of origin

  • 2010

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