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Calculate average shortfall for the poor using headcount, poverty gap ratio, and poverty line

Usage

get_average_shortfall(headcount, povgap, povline)

Arguments

headcount

Numeric vector giving headcount ratio, i.e. P0 FGT measure

povgap

Numeric vector giving poverty gap ratio, i.e. P1 FGT measure

povline

Numeric vector giving the poverty line

Value

Numeric vector giving average shortfall for the poor in the units of the poverty line