Measuring poverty in Malaysia: Applications of distributive-sensitive poverty indices

• Main Author: Roslan, A.H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2004
• Subjects: HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/312/1/A.H.Roslan.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/312/; http://mmj.uum.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This paper represents an attempt to seek a better way to measure poverty in Malaysia. Many studies,including government published figures employ the head-count ratio as the index of poverty. However,this measure is a narrow measure of povety. Specifically, it ignores the distribution of income among...