Poverty measurement: reviewing the main indicators
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https://doi.org/10.46661/revmetodoscuanteconempresa.2058Keywords:
Pobreza, indicadores de pobreza, medidas de desigualdad, poverty, poverty indicatores, inequality measuresAbstract
In this paper we carry out a revision of the literature according to the measure of poverty. We describe the historic evolution that the poverty has had. We also show the different kinds of poverty lines or thresholds that we can use to assess the very complex phenomenon of poverty. Finally, we show the poverty indicators that several authors have introduced through the beginning of the twentieth century in order to analyse poverty and inequalities.
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