Una aproximación antropométrica a la medición de la pobreza crónica: réplica y notas sobre pobreza multidimensional

Lopez-Pablos, Rodrigo (2009): Una aproximación antropométrica a la medición de la pobreza crónica: réplica y notas sobre pobreza multidimensional. Forthcoming in: Anales de la AAEP No. XLIV Reunión Anual (December 2009)

Abstract

This essay represents a reply to the commented work “Una aproximación antropométrica a la medición de la pobreza crónica”, and embracing further notes on the adaptability of the proposed integral index ablest to be implemented with others anthropometric measurement criteria in the child poverty measurement. The benefits of the illustrated bidimensional FGT against the usual multidimensional indexes adopted to appraise additional dimensions beyond income are also presented.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: An anthropometric approach to the measurement of chronic poverty: reply and notes on multidimensional poverty
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: integral child poverty index; malnutrition profoundness; missing dimension
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D6 - Welfare Economics > D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Behavior; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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