Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures
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The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures are a family of quantitative indices used in economics to assess the incidence, depth, and severity of poverty within a population.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty indices | 3 |
| Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures Context triple: [Alkire-Foster method, relatedTo, Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures]
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A.
Alkire-Foster method
The Alkire-Foster method is a widely used framework for measuring multidimensional poverty by identifying who is poor and in which overlapping deprivations they experience across several dimensions of well-being.
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B.
Multidimensional Poverty Index
The Multidimensional Poverty Index is a global measure that assesses poverty by capturing multiple deprivations in health, education, and living standards at the household and individual level.
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C.
Inequality Reexamined
Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
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D.
Some Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes in Modern Communities
"Some Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes in Modern Communities" is an influential early 20th-century economic study by Hugh Dalton that analyzes the causes, measurement, and implications of income inequality in industrial societies.
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E.
Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function
The Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function is a formal tool in welfare economics that aggregates individual utilities into a single measure of social welfare to evaluate and compare economic states or policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures Target entity description: The Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures are a family of quantitative indices used in economics to assess the incidence, depth, and severity of poverty within a population.
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A.
Alkire-Foster method
The Alkire-Foster method is a widely used framework for measuring multidimensional poverty by identifying who is poor and in which overlapping deprivations they experience across several dimensions of well-being.
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B.
Multidimensional Poverty Index
The Multidimensional Poverty Index is a global measure that assesses poverty by capturing multiple deprivations in health, education, and living standards at the household and individual level.
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C.
Inequality Reexamined
Inequality Reexamined is a philosophical and economic work by Amartya Sen that critically analyzes traditional views of inequality and justice through his capabilities approach.
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D.
Some Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes in Modern Communities
"Some Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes in Modern Communities" is an influential early 20th-century economic study by Hugh Dalton that analyzes the causes, measurement, and implications of income inequality in industrial societies.
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E.
Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function
The Bergson–Samuelson social welfare function is a formal tool in welfare economics that aggregates individual utilities into a single measure of social welfare to evaluate and compare economic states or policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic index
ⓘ
poverty measure family ⓘ welfare indicator ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
consumption distributions
ⓘ
income distributions ⓘ |
| assumes | fixed poverty line ⓘ |
| basedOn |
individual incomes
ⓘ
poverty line ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
additive decomposability
ⓘ
focus axiom ⓘ monotonicity axiom ⓘ subgroup decomposability ⓘ transfer sensitivity ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
subgroup decomposition by demographic group
ⓘ
subgroup decomposition by region ⓘ |
| dependsOn | poverty aversion parameter ⓘ |
| domain | household survey data ⓘ |
| field |
development economics
ⓘ
poverty analysis ⓘ welfare economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormula | FGT(alpha) = (1/N) * Σ[(z - y_i)/z]^alpha for all poor i ⓘ |
| hasParameter | alpha ⓘ |
| hasSpecialCase |
headcount ratio
ⓘ
poverty gap index ⓘ squared poverty gap index ⓘ |
| influenced |
UNDP poverty reporting
ⓘ
World Bank poverty analysis ⓘ multidimensional poverty measures ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1984 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Erik Thorbecke
NERFINISHED
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James Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Joel Greer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Econometrica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Atkinson inequality measures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sen poverty index ⓘ welfare dominance analysis ⓘ |
| usedBy |
development researchers
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international organizations ⓘ national statistical offices ⓘ |
| usedFor |
distribution-sensitive poverty assessment
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evaluating poverty reduction policies ⓘ measuring poverty depth ⓘ measuring poverty incidence ⓘ measuring poverty severity ⓘ |
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