Poverty, inequality, and population
Subtitle: essays in development and applied measurement
By: D. Jayaraj, S. Subramanian
Contributors: Subramanian, S., Prof
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780198067948
Subjects: Statistics; Equality; Social aspects; Poverty; Economic development; Population
Description: Addresses the ability to measure the categories of poverty, inequality, and population; the role of measurement in social explanation; and the philosophical bases of measurement-related judgments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-298).
Table of contents: title: Out of school and (probably) in work : child labour and capability deprivation in India; title: Poverty-eradication through redistributive taxation : some elementary considerations; title: Poverty and discrimination : measurement and evidence from rural India; title: Horizontal and vertical inequality : some interconnections and indicators; title: The distribution of household wealth in India; title: Comparing the age structures of populations; title: Assessing the 'agedness' of a population; title: Assessing the 'femaleness' of a population; title: Women's well-being and the sex ratio at birth : some suggestive evidence from India; title: The well-being implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population; title: Manufacturing hysteria : on census-inspired 'nationalism'; title: Abusing demography.