On testing the scale sensitivity of poverty measures

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2015
Volume: 137
Issue: C
Pages: 88-90

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Past tests of the sensitivity of aggregate poverty measures to changes in equivalence scales can be very sensitive to the arbitrary choice of the pivotal reference demographics. It is recommended that future tests should use demographics typical of people living near the poverty line as their reference.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:137:y:2015:i:c:p:88-90
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29