On the Utility Consistency of Poverty Lines
Although poverty lines are widely used as deflators for inter-group welfare comparisons, their internal consistency is rarely given close scrutiny. A priori considerations suggest that commonly used methods cannot be relied on to yield poverty line...
Main Authors: | Ravallion, Martin, Lokshin, Michael |
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Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2778759/utility-consistency-poverty-lines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18051 |
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