| Revista: | Journal of applied economics |
| Base de datos: | CLASE |
| Número de sistema: | 000399371 |
| ISSN: | 1667-6726 |
| Autors: | Esposito, Lucio1 Chiappero-Martinetti, Enrica2 |
| Institucions: | 1University of East Anglia, School of Development Studies, Norwich, Norfolk. Reino Unido 2Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Department of Public Economics, Pavia, Lombardia. Italia |
| Any: | 2010 |
| Període: | Nov |
| Volum: | 13 |
| Número: | 2 |
| Paginació: | 181-204 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Aplicado |
| Resumen en inglés | The increasing interest in multidimensional poverty and well-being analysis has added complexity to the way these phenomena are conceptualized and measured. When multiple attributes are considered, a criterion determining the relative importance attached to the different dimensions has to be adopted. There has not been thus far in the literature a specific attempt to conceptualize the nature of the desired hierarchy among the selected poverty dimensions. The aim of this paper is to take the first step in this direction. We envisage two simple and highly intuitive ways in which such a hierarchical system can be understood, which we label restricted and unrestricted hierarchy. The analytical conditions allowing the incorporation of these into a poverty index are derived and their implications in terms of the understanding of poverty are discussed. An empirical application shows how the choice of the hierarchical scheme for poverty dimensions can lead to opposite conclusions on the poverty trend |
| Disciplines | Sociología, Economía |
| Paraules clau: | Problemas sociales, Condiciones económicas, Censos y estadísticas, Medición de la pobreza, Multidimensionalidad, Pobreza |
| Text complet: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
