Inequality, Poverty and Well-being [electronic resource] /
World Institute for Development Economics Research.
McGillivray, M.editor.
This book examines inequality, poverty and well-being concepts and corresponding empirical measures. Attempting to push future research in new and important directions, the book has a strong analytical orientation, consisting of a mix of conceptual and empirical analyses that constitute new and innovative contributions to the research literature.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Inequality, poverty and well-being / Mark McGillivray -- Population ethics and the value of life / Charles Blackorby, Walter Bossert and David Donaldson --  A non-welfarist approach to inequality measurement / Alain Chateauneuf and Patrick Moyes --  Relative deprivation, personal income satisfaction and average well-being under different income distributions : an experimental analysis / Christian Seidl, StefanTraub and Andrea Morone -- Contradictory trends in global income inequality : a tale of two biases / Steve Dowrick and Muhammad Akmal -- The many facets of economic mobility / Gary S. Fields -- Social groups and economic poverty : a problem in measurement / S. Subramanian -- Intersociety literacy comparisons / Satya R. Chakravarty and Amita Majumder -- The human development index adjusted for efficient resource utilization / F.J. Arcelus, Basu Sharma and G. Srinivasan -- A framework for incorporating environmental indicators to the measurement of human well-being / Osman Zaim -- Measuring non-economic well-being achievement / Mark McGillivray.
This book examines inequality, poverty and well-being concepts and corresponding empirical measures. Attempting to push future research in new and important directions, the book has a strong analytical orientation, consisting of a mix of conceptual and empirical analyses that constitute new and innovative contributions to the research literature.
Development economics.
Poverty.
Development Economics.
Development Aid.