A Fuzzy Set Approach to Poverty Measurement

This paper postulates two poverty indices based on a fuzzyfication of the poverty line approach and shows that they satisfy some of the usual axioms in the poverty line literature. It also shows that the headcount ratio is a particular case of a poverty measure based on fuzzy sets. Finally this pape...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Caramuta, Diego Martin, Contiggiani, Federico Eduardo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/136216
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/136216
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:MEASUREMENT
POVERTY
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Descrição
Resumo:This paper postulates two poverty indices based on a fuzzyfication of the poverty line approach and shows that they satisfy some of the usual axioms in the poverty line literature. It also shows that the headcount ratio is a particular case of a poverty measure based on fuzzy sets. Finally this paper postulates that fuzzy version of poverty measures will not satisfy the transfer axiom.