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.

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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
James Foster ⓘ
Joel Greer ⓘ
publishedIn Econometrica ⓘ
relatedTo Atkinson inequality measures ⓘ
linked to: Atkinson index

Sen poverty index ⓘ
welfare dominance analysis ⓘ
usedBy development researchers ⓘ
international organizations ⓘ
national statistical offices ⓘ
usedFor distribution-sensitive poverty assessment ⓘ
evaluating poverty reduction policies ⓘ
measuring poverty depth ⓘ
measuring poverty incidence ⓘ
measuring poverty severity ⓘ

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Alkire-Foster method → relatedTo → Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures ⓘ
James Foster → knownFor → Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty indices ⓘ
linked to: Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures
James Foster → coDeveloperOf → Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty indices ⓘ
linked to: Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures
James Foster → notableWork → Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty indices ⓘ
linked to: Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures