Multidimensional poverty: restricted and unrestricted hierarchy among poverty dimensions

Esposito, Lucio and Chiappero-Martinetti, Enrica (2010) Multidimensional poverty: restricted and unrestricted hierarchy among poverty dimensions. Journal of Applied Economics, 13 (2). pp. 181-204.

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Abstract

The increasing interest in multidimensional poverty and well-being analysis has added complexity to the way these phenomena are conceptualized and measured. When multiple attributes are considered, a criterion determining the relative importance attached to the different dimensions has to be adopted. There has not been thus far in the literature a specific attempt to conceptualize the nature of the desired hierarchy among the selected poverty dimensions. The aim of this paper is to take the first step in this direction. We envisage two simple and highly intuitive ways in which such a hierarchical system can be understood, which we label restricted and unrestricted hierarchy. The analytical conditions allowing the incorporation of these into a poverty index are derived and their implications in terms of the understanding of poverty are discussed. An empirical application shows how the choice of the hierarchical scheme for poverty dimensions can lead to opposite conclusions on the poverty trend.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics
Depositing User:	Abigail Dalgleish
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2011 11:37
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2026 14:55
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/18621
DOI:	10.1016/S1514-0326(10)60009-8

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