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On the poverty line

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    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationResearch Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation
    EditorsJacques Silber
    PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing
    Chapter5
    Pages50-59
    Number of pages10
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Electronic)9781800883451
    ISBN (Print)9781800883444
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2023

    Publication series

    NameElgar Handbooks in Development

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