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Reference Groups and the Poverty Line: An Axiomatic Approach with an Empirical Illustration

In: Poverty, Social Exclusion and Stochastic Dominance

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  • Satya R. Chakravarty

    (Indian Statistical Institute)

  • Nachiketa Chattopadhyay

    (Indian Statistical Institute)

  • Joseph Deutsh

    (Bar-Ilan University)

  • Zoya Nissanov

    (Ariel University)

  • Jacques Silber

    (Bar-Ilan University)

Abstract

A recent trend in the study of poverty is to consider a relative poverty line, one that is responsive to the nature of the income distribution. We develop an axiomatic approach to the determination of an amalgam poverty line. Given a reference income (e.g., the mean or the median), the amalgam poverty line becomes a weighted average of the absolute poverty line and the reference income, where the weights depend on the policy maker’s preferences for aggregating the two components. The paper ends with an empirical illustration comparing urban and rural areas in the People’s Republic of China and India.

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  • Satya R. Chakravarty & Nachiketa Chattopadhyay & Joseph Deutsh & Zoya Nissanov & Jacques Silber, 2019. "Reference Groups and the Poverty Line: An Axiomatic Approach with an Empirical Illustration," Themes in Economics, in: Satya R. Chakravarty (ed.), Poverty, Social Exclusion and Stochastic Dominance, pages 39-61, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:thechp:978-981-13-3432-0_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-3432-0_5
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    1. Ghazali, Samane & Zibaei, Mansour & Azadi, Hossein, 2023. "Impact of livelihood strategies and capitals on rangeland sustainability and nomads' poverty: A counterfactual analysis in Southwest Iran," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 206(C).
    2. Ravallion,Martin & Chen,Shaohua, 2017. "Welfare-consistent global poverty measures," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8170, The World Bank.
    3. Fernández-Morales, Antonio, 2016. "Measuring poverty with the Foster, Greer and Thorbecke indexes based on the Gamma distribution," MPRA Paper 69648, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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