Equity and well-being
Subtitle: measurement and policy practice
By: Hyun Hwa Son
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780415692694; 9780203155042
Subjects: Welfare economics; Equality; Public welfare; Economic policy; Well-being; Social policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is well-being?; title: What is an equitable distribution?; title: On the concept of equity in opportunity; title: What is equitable growth?; title: Equity in health and education services in the Philippines; title: Assessing fiscal policy from an equity perspective; title: A new approach to evaluating and designing targeted social protection; title: Ex-ante impact of conditional cash transfer program on school attendance and poverty; title: A multi-country analysis of achievements and inequalities in economic growth and standards of living; title: Equity in education and health services in Nepal; title: Equitability in education and health services in Sri Lanka.