- Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco; Lugo, Maria Ana; Peragine, Vito;
- 2013/12/01
- Policy Research Working Paper
- WPS6728
- 1
- 1
- Europe;
- Europe and Central Asia;
- 2013/12/01
- Disclosed
- Opportunity-sensitive poverty measurement
This paper offers an axiomatic characterization of two classes of poverty measures that are sensitive to inequality of opportunity, one a strict subset of the other. The proposed indices are sensitive not only to income shortfalls from the poverty line... See More +
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