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13. Revisiting an Old Theme in the Measurement of Inequality and Poverty

Author : S. Subramanian

Published in: Issues and Challenges of Inclusive Development

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

This essay subjects to criticism the dominant convention in the inequality- and poverty-measurement literature of employing wholly ‘relative’ indices and advocates, instead, the routine use of ‘centrist’ measures. In the process, the paper revisits some old debates on the logical adequacy and normative appeal of measures of inequality and poverty that are either wholly relative or wholly absolute. The implication of these issues for the diagnosis of magnitudes and trends in inequality and poverty is illustrated by means of a couple of simple empirical examples drawn from Indian data.

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Title
Revisiting an Old Theme in the Measurement of Inequality and Poverty
Author
S. Subramanian
Copyright Year
2020
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Issues and Challenges of Inclusive Development

Print ISBN: 978-981-15-2228-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-15-2229-1

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2229-1_13

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