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Alkire, S., Foster, J. E., Seth, S., Santos, M. E., Roche, J. M., and Ballon, P. (2015). Multidimensional Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ch. 2.
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Foster, J.E. (2006). Poverty Indices. In Janvry, A. and Kanbur, R. (Eds). Poverty Inequality and Development: Essays in Honor to Erik Thorbecke. New York: Springer
Foster, J.E. and Sen, A. (1997). On Economic Inequality: After a Quarter Century. Annex to the Expanded Edition of A. Sen. On Economic Inequality. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Section A.6.
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Foster, J.E. and Sen, A. (1997). On Economic Inequality: After a Quarter Century. Annex to the Expanded Edition of A. Sen. On Economic Inequality. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Section A.6.
Foster, J.E. and Shorrocks, A. (1988). Poverty Orderings and welfare Dominance. Social Choice and Welfare. 5: 179-198
Atkinson, A.B. (1987). On the Measurement of Poverty. Econometrica. 55:749-764
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