Thinking about inequality
Subtitle: personal judgment and income distributions
By: Y. Amiel. and F.A. Cowell.
Contributors: Cowell, Frank A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, England; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Income distribution; Equality; Poverty
Description: "What is inequality? In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the subject that has yielded a substantial body of formal tools and results for income-distribution analysis. But does the standard axiomatic structure coincide with public perceptions of inequality? Or is the economist's concept of inequality a thing apart, perpetuated through serial brainwashing in the way the subject is studied and taught? Amiel and Cowell examine the evidence from a large international questionnaire experiment using student respondents. Along with basic 'cake-sharing' issues, related questions involving social welfare rankings, the relationship between inequality and overall income growth and the meaning of poverty comparisons are considered."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-177) and index.