The challenge of measuring poverty and inequality: a comparative analysis of the main indicators
This paper presents a review of the main available indicators to measure poverty and income inequality, examining their properties and suitability for different types of economic analyses, and providing real-world data to illustrate how they work. Although some of these metrics –such as the Gini coe...
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| Language: | English |
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University of A Coruna
2018-06-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Government and Economics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/137 |
