On measuring vulnerability to poverty

被引：41

作者：

Dutta, Indranil ^{[1
]}

Foster, James ^{[2
]}

Mishra, Ajit ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Manchester, Sch Social Sci, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England

[2] George Washington Univ, Elliott Sch Int Affairs, Washington, DC 20052 USA

[3] Univ Bath, Dept Econ, Bath BA2 7AY, Avon, England

来源：

SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE | 2011年 / 37卷 / 04期

关键词：

RISK;

D O I：

10.1007/s00355-011-0570-1

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

There is a growing interest on dynamic and broader concepts of deprivation such as vulnerability, which takes in to account the destitution of individuals from future shocks. We use the framework of decision making under uncertainty to arrive at a new measure of vulnerability to poverty. We highlight the importance of current standard of living to better capture the notion of vulnerability. In conceptualizing the new class of measures of vulnerability, we thus move beyond the standard expected poverty measures that is commonly found in the literature. We also axiomatically characterize the new class of measure and discuss some of its properties.

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页码：743 / 761

页数：19