Medidas Agregadas de Pobreza Absoluta: A Proposta de SEN e os Desenvolvimentos Subseqüentes

Authors

  • Maurício Costa Romão Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia (PIMES) do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12660/bre.v13n11993.2986

Abstract

The objetive of this paper is to show the main development in the specilized literature on poverty related to the seminal work of Amartya Sen in aggregate measures of poverty. After reviewing the principal contributions on the subject, the text uses empirical data from Brazil to illustrate the application of the best known indices of poverty.

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Published

1993-04-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (1993)

Section

Articles