The measurement of poverty: an experimental questionnaire investigation
Amiel, Yoram; and Cowell, Frank
(1994)
The measurement of poverty: an experimental questionnaire investigation.
[Working paper]
We re-examine some of the standard axioms used in the literature on Poverty Measurement. Using a sample of 486 students from Australia, Israel and the USA we investigate the extent to which perceptions of poverty correspond to the axioms.
| Item Type | Working paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Poverty; poverty axioms; inequality; transfer principle; monotonocity |
| Departments |
STICERD Economics Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Date Deposited | 27 Apr 2007 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/2290 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3778-2152