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Poverty and equity : measurement, policy and estimation with DAD /
This text addresses the understanding and alleviation of poverty, inequality, and inequity using a unique and broad mix of concepts, measurement methods, statistical tools, software, and practical exercises. Part I discusses basic fundamental issues of well-being and poverty measurement. Part II dev...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer,
2006.
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| Colección: | Economic studies in inequality, social exclusion and well-being ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This text addresses the understanding and alleviation of poverty, inequality, and inequity using a unique and broad mix of concepts, measurement methods, statistical tools, software, and practical exercises. Part I discusses basic fundamental issues of well-being and poverty measurement. Part II develops an integrated framework for measuring poverty, social welfare, inequality, vertical equity, horizontal equity, and redistribution. Part III presents and develops recent methods for testing the robustness of distributive rankings. Part IV discusses ways of using policy to alleviate poverty, improve welfare, increase equity, and assess the impact of growth. Part V applies the tools to real data. Most of the book's measurement and statistical tools have been programmed in DAD, a well established and widely available free software program that has been tailored especially for income distribution analysis and is used by scholars, researchers, and analysts in nearly 100 countries worldwide. It requires basic understanding of calculus and statistics. Abdelkrim Araar and Jean-Yves Duclos teach economics at Université Laval in Québec City. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 393 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-375) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780387333182 0387333185 9781552502297 1552502295 0387258930 9780387258935 0387333177 9780387333175 6611334971 9786611334970 1280718269 9781280718267 9786610718269 6610718261 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |