A class of generalized Sen poverty indices
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Keywords
Poverty measurement; Sen poverty index; Gini index; Generalized Sen poverty index; Censored generalized Lorenz curve;All these keywords.
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- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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