@inbook{c3a7db4376ff47278e5f2c4821d506cf,
title = "On the poverty line",
abstract = "While poverty lines are indispensable for poverty measurement, there exist a variety of approaches to the specification of poverty lines, including absolute, relative, weakly relative and subjective poverty lines. This chapter briefly reviews the conceptual and normative distinctions underlying different approaches, the commonly-used poverty lines around the world, the potential purposes they serve and some practical issues in the empirical applications of poverty lines for poverty comparisons.",
author = "Gaurav Datt and Lanjouw, \{Peter F.\}",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.4337/9781800883451.00014",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781800883444",
series = "Elgar Handbooks in Development",
publisher = "Edward Elgar Publishing",
pages = "50--59",
editor = "Jacques Silber",
booktitle = "Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "1st",
}