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This Chapter is based in part on my thesis written at Bar-Ilan University. Some parts of this Chapter were drawn from the author’s previous publication in Hebrew (Menirav 2002). The Chapter was written when the author was visiting Bonn University. I wish to thank Jacques Silber for helpful discussions and comments.
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Menirav, E. (2006). On the Convergence of Various Unidimensional Approaches. In: Lemmi, A., Betti, G. (eds) Fuzzy Set Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement. Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34251-1_5
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