Reference groups and the poverty line: An axiomatic approach with an empirical illustration
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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.
- Satya R. Chakravarty & Nachiketa Chattopadhyay & Joseph Deutsch & Zoya Nissanov & Jacques Silber, 2016. "Reference Groups and the Poverty Line: An Axiomatic Approach with an Empirical Illustration," Research on Economic Inequality, in: Inequality after the 20th Century: Papers from the Sixth ECINEQ Meeting, volume 24, pages 1-27, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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Econometric models (Economic development); Income distribution; Poverty measurement; Methodology (Poverty);All these keywords.
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- 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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