Statistical inference for poverty indices with fixed poverty lines
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Applied Economics
- Vol. 29 (3) , 387-392
- https://doi.org/10.1080/000368497327173
Abstract
The consistency and asymptotic normality of estimators for two classes of poverty indices, decomposable indices, and Sen-like indices is demonstrated. Asymptotic variance expressions are obtained that allow for easy distribution-free statistical inference on the resulting estimates. An empirical example using Canadian microdata demonstrates the feasibility and usefulness of the techniques.Keywords
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