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Inequality, Polarization and Poverty : Advances in Distributional Analysis / by Satya R. Chakravarty

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being ; 6 | SpringerLink BücherPublisher: New York, NY : Springer-Verlag New York, 2009Description: Online-Ressource (digital)ISBN:
  • 9780387792538
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780387792521 | Buchausg. u.d.T.: Inequality, polarization and poverty. New Yok, NY : Springer, 2008. X, 178 S.DDC classification:
  • 330.015195
  • 339.201/5195 22
MSC: MSC: *91-02 | 91D10 | 91B15 | 91B69RVK: RVK: QC 200LOC classification:
  • HB139-141
  • HB523
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79253-8Online resources:
Contents:
Preliminary; The Measurement of Income Inequality; Inequality and Income Poverty; Measuring Income Deprivation; The Measurement of Income Polarization; The Measurement of Multidimensional Inequality; The Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty; Back matter
Summary: The study of inequality, polarization and poverty is crucial for understanding the economic well-being of the population of a country. Conceptual and methodological advances and better data have provided better insights into these issues in recent years, and it is the objective of the book to present a systematic and up-to-date treatment of the developments in the subject. Both welfare theoretic and descriptive approaches are discussed and, since the wellbeing of a population depends on income and non-income indicators, both unidimensional and multidimensional frameworks are taken into considePPN: PPN: 1650074336Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SBE
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