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On measuring deprivation adjusted for group disparities

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  • S. Subramanian

    (Madras Institute of Development Studies, 79, Second Main Road, Gandhinagar, Adyar, Chennai - 600 020, Tamilnadu, India)

  • Manabi Majumdar

    (Madras Institute of Development Studies, 79, Second Main Road, Gandhinagar, Adyar, Chennai - 600 020, Tamilnadu, India)

Abstract

This paper is concerned to present a procedure for `adjusting' a real-valued index of deprivation in such a way that the resulting measure is a summary statistic of both the average level of deprivation and the extent of inequality which obtains in its distribution.

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  • S. Subramanian & Manabi Majumdar, 2002. "On measuring deprivation adjusted for group disparities," Social Choice and Welfare, Springer;The Society for Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 19(2), pages 265-280.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sochwe:v:19:y:2002:i:2:p:265-280
    Note: Received: 1 February 1999/Accepted: 9 October 2000
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    1. Sreenivasan Subramanian, 2004. "Indicators of Inequality and Poverty," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2004-25, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. S Subramanian, 2009. "Reckoning Inter‐Group Poverty Differentials In The Measurement Of Aggregate Poverty," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(1), pages 46-55, February.
    3. Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan & Srijit Mishra & B. Sudhakara Reddy, 2008. "An Alternative Approach to Measure HDI," Microeconomics Working Papers 22403, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research.
    4. Sreenivasan Subramanian, 2005. "Reckoning Inter-Group Poverty Differentials in the Measurement of Aggregate Poverty," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2005-59, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    5. Lungile Ntsalaze & Sylvanus Ikhide, 2018. "Rethinking Dimensions: The South African Multidimensional Poverty Index," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 135(1), pages 195-213, January.
    6. Lidia Ceriani & Chiara Gigliarano, 2015. "An Inter-temporal Relative Deprivation Index," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 124(2), pages 427-443, November.
    7. William Joe & U. S. Mishra & K. Navaneetham, 2009. "Inequalities in Childhood Malnutrition in India: Some Evidence on Group Disparities," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 417-439.
    8. Sreenivasan Subramanian, 2011. "Inter-group Disparities in the Distributional Analysis of Human Development: Concepts, Measurement, and Illustrative Applications," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 38(1), pages 27-52, March.

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