On measuring deprivation adjusted for group disparities

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This paper is concerned to present a procedure for `adjusting' a real-valued index of deprivation in such a way that the resulting measure is a summary statistic of both the average level of deprivation and the extent of inequality which obtains in its distribution.

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1. Madras Institute of Development Studies, 79, Second Main Road, Gandhinagar, Adyar, Chennai – 600 020, Tamilnadu, India (e-mail: subbu@mids.tn.nic.in), IN

   S. Subramanian & Manabi Majumdar

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Received: 1 February 1999/Accepted: 9 October 2000

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Subramanian, S., Majumdar, M. On measuring deprivation adjusted for group disparities. Soc Choice Welfare 19, 265–280 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003550100110

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