The Foster–Greer–Thorbecke (FGT) poverty measures: 25 years later

被引：10

作者：

James Foster

Joel Greer

Erik Thorbecke

机构：

[1] The George Washington University,The Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Economics

[2] University of Oxford,Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, Oxford Dept of International Development

[3] Department of Health & Human Services,Department of Economics and Division of Nutritional Sciences, B

[4] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,16 MVR

[5] Cornell University,undefined

来源：

The Journal of Economic Inequality | 2010年 / 8卷

关键词：

Axioms; Decomposability; FGT measures; Income distribution; Poverty; Stochastic dominance; Subgroup consistency;

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摘要：

Twenty-five years ago, the FGT class of decomposable poverty measures was introduced in Foster, Greer, and Thorbecke (Econometrica 52:761–776, 1984). The present study provides a retrospective view of the FGT paper and the subsequent literature, as well as a brief discussion of future directions. We identify three categories of contributions: to measurement, to axiomatics, and to application. A representative subset of the literature generated by the FGT methodology is discussed and grouped according to this taxonomy. We show how the FGT paper has played a central role in several thriving literatures and has contributed to the design, implementation, and evaluation of prominent development programs; the breadth of its impact is evidenced by the many topics beyond poverty to which its methodology has been applied. We conclude with a selection of prospective research topics.

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页码：491 / 524

页数：33

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