Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/160767 
Year of Publication: 
1993
Series/Report no.: 
LIS Working Paper Series No. 95
Publisher: 
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
Poverty rankings of LIS countries given by traditional Head Count and Poverty Gap measures are compared to the rankings found using Sen (1976), Kakwani (1980), and Foster et al. (1984). It is found that the latter measures lead to more consistent rankings.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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