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Earnings capacity, poverty, and inequality /

Earnings Capacity, Poverty, and Inequality describes the development and application of a way to measure economic status that will avoid some mistakes occurring in methods of measurement. The book reviews the concept of earnings capacity through different measures of economic status. The authors dis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Garfinkel, Irwin, Haveman, Robert H. (Autor), Betson, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, �1977.
Colección:Institute for Research on Poverty monograph series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Earnings Capacity, Poverty, and Inequality describes the development and application of a way to measure economic status that will avoid some mistakes occurring in methods of measurement. The book reviews the concept of earnings capacity through different measures of economic status. The authors discuss the procedures used in estimating family revenue, sources of data, and inherent weaknesses in such measures. They consider the degree to which different groups classified by age, sex, race, or economic status use their earnings capacity. The authors compare income utilization of those who are c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 118 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-118).
ISBN:9780122758508
0122758501
9781483260525
1483260526