Poverty Measurement in the Presence of a 'Group-Affiliation' Externality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2175244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Subramanian (0000-0002-9231-3922) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-76 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9888 • E-ISSN: 1469-9516 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649880802675168 |
| OpenAlex | W2037992512 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper considers the implications for poverty measurement of the observed fact that any individual’s level of deprivation is a function not only of his own income, but of the general level of prosperity of the group to which he is affiliated. Individual deprivation functions are specialized to a form which reflects this ‘group-affiliation’ externality, and the resulting poverty measure is studied with respect to its properties and its implications for poverty rankings. Mainstream approaches to measuring deprivation tend to neglect group-related externalities in favour of a certain thorough-going ‘individualism’. This paper is a preliminary attempt at filling this gap
Capability approach · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Externality · Individualism · Mainstream · Microeconomics · Neglect · Political science · Poverty · Prosperity · Public economics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social and Economic Development in India
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |