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Inequality, Polarization and Poverty Advances in Distributional Analysis /

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 presen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chakravarty, Satya R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being, 6
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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Sumario: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 consideration. The technical terms and mathematical operations employed to analyze the results are explained intuitively in non-technical terms, and numerical analyses and graphical representations help to illustrate important concepts.
Descripción Física:X, 182 p. online resource.
ISBN:9780387792538
ISSN:2364-1088 ;