Benoît Decerf
Biographic Data
| ID | 6447734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benoît Decerf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benoît |
| FAMILY NAME | Decerf |
| SIGNATURE | DECERF B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Namur |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0768-501X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Lives, livelihoods, and learning
Global income poverty measurement with preference heterogeneity
On the properties of the two main types of global poverty lines
A Meta-Theory for Absolute Poverty Lines
Absolute poverty lines aim to track a fixed poverty standard consistently. There are two main approaches for the construction of absolute poverty lines. The “welfaristic” approach tracks a fixed level of utility, and the “objective” approach tracks a fixed list of achievements. As they yield different poverty comparisons, longstanding debates between their respective proponents take place both at global and national levels. However, these debates…
A New Distribution Sensitive Index for Measuring Welfare, Poverty, and Inequality
Simple welfare indices such as mean income are ubiquitous but not distribution sensitive. In contrast, existing distribution sensitive welfare indices are rarely used, often because they are difficult to explain and/or lack intuitive units. This paper proposes a simple new distribution sensitive welfare index with intuitive units: the average factor by which individual incomes must be multiplied to attain a given reference level of income. This n…
A modification aimed at reducing the manipulability and inefficiency of the Boston school choice mechanism
Absolute and Relative Poverty Measurement
This paper reviews the debate \n opposing the absolute and relative approaches to monetary \n poverty measurement. The arguments for combining both \n approaches into a single “overall” monetary poverty measure \n are introduced. The most salient proposals of hybrid poverty \n lines are presented. Then, the reasons why specific poverty \n indices may be required when a hybrid line is used are \n discussed. The class of hierarchical poverty indice…
Criteria to compare mechanisms that partially satisfy a property
A new poverty indicator for Europe
The methodology currently used to measure poverty in the European Union faces some important limitations. Capturing key aspects of poverty is done using a dashboard of indicators, which often tell conflicting stories. We propose a new income-based measure of poverty for Europe that captures in a consistent way in a single indicator the level of relative poverty, the intensity of poverty, poverty with a threshold anchored in time and a pan-Europea…
Combining absolute and relative poverty
Lives and livelihoods
Lives and livelihoods
A new poverty indicator for Europe
The methodology currently used to measure poverty in the European Union faces some important limitations. Capturing key aspects of poverty is done using a dashboard of indicators, which often tell conflicting stories. We propose a new income-based measure of poverty for Europe that captures in a consistent way in a single indicator the level of relative poverty, the intensity of poverty, poverty with a threshold anchored in time and a pan-Europea…
On the properties of the two main types of global poverty lines
Combining absolute and relative poverty
Lives and livelihoods
Absolute and Relative Poverty Measurement
This paper reviews the debate \n opposing the absolute and relative approaches to monetary \n poverty measurement. The arguments for combining both \n approaches into a single “overall” monetary poverty measure \n are introduced. The most salient proposals of hybrid poverty \n lines are presented. Then, the reasons why specific poverty \n indices may be required when a hybrid line is used are \n discussed. The class of hierarchical poverty indice…
Criteria to compare mechanisms that partially satisfy a property
A new poverty indicator for Europe
The methodology currently used to measure poverty in the European Union faces some important limitations. Capturing key aspects of poverty is done using a dashboard of indicators, which often tell conflicting stories. We propose a new income-based measure of poverty for Europe that captures in a consistent way in a single indicator the level of relative poverty, the intensity of poverty, poverty with a threshold anchored in time and a pan-Europea…
A Meta-Theory for Absolute Poverty Lines
Absolute poverty lines aim to track a fixed poverty standard consistently. There are two main approaches for the construction of absolute poverty lines. The “welfaristic” approach tracks a fixed level of utility, and the “objective” approach tracks a fixed list of achievements. As they yield different poverty comparisons, longstanding debates between their respective proponents take place both at global and national levels. However, these debates…
A New Distribution Sensitive Index for Measuring Welfare, Poverty, and Inequality
Simple welfare indices such as mean income are ubiquitous but not distribution sensitive. In contrast, existing distribution sensitive welfare indices are rarely used, often because they are difficult to explain and/or lack intuitive units. This paper proposes a simple new distribution sensitive welfare index with intuitive units: the average factor by which individual incomes must be multiplied to attain a given reference level of income. This n…
A modification aimed at reducing the manipulability and inefficiency of the Boston school choice mechanism
On the properties of the two main types of global poverty lines
Global income poverty measurement with preference heterogeneity
Lives, livelihoods, and learning
Economics (9 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (8 works) · Poverty (8 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Econometrics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Development economics (3 works)