Title: Fuzzy set approach to multidimensional poverty measurement /
Authors: Lemmi, Achille.; Betti, Gianni.
Date: 2006
Publisher: Springer,
Physical description: xv, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: H
Contents: Philosophical accounts of vagueness, fuzzy poverty measures and multidimensionality -- mathematical framework of fuzzy logic -- On the convergence of various unidimensional approaches -- Capability approach and fuzzy set theory: description, aggregation and inference issues -- Multidimensional and longitudinal poverty: an integrated fuzzy approach -- French poverty measures using fuzzy set approaches -- "fuzzy set" approach to multidimensional poverty analysis: using the Shapley decomposition to analyze the determinants of poverty in Israel -- Multidimensional fuzzy set approach poverty estimates in Romania -- Multidimensional and fuzzy poverty in Switzerland -- comparison of poverty according to primary goods, capabilities and outcomes. Evidence from French school leavers' surveys -- Multidimensional fuzzy relative poverty dynamic measures in Poland -- Modelling fuzzy and multidimensional poverty measures in the United Kingdom with variance components panel regression.
Notes: "EIAP 3"--Cover p. [4].
Subject headings (LCSH): Fuzzy sets--Data processing.; Poverty--Measurement.