Economic inequality and poverty: facts, methods, and policies
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Elektronische Ressource
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Oxford University Press
Ort:
Oxford, United Kingdom
Entstehungszeit:
[2022]
Sprache:
Englisch
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Abstract:
Economic Inequality and Poverty examines how methods for measuring inequality and poverty have evolved. Kakwani and Son draw on household surveys to demonstate a framework based on economic variables that can be applied to draw up evidence-based policies.
Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Scope and Limitations -- 1.2 Theories of Size Distribution of Income: A Brief Review -- 1.3 Lorenz Curve and Its Variants -- 1.4 Social Welfare Ranking of Income Distribution -- 1.5 Measures of Income Inequality -- 1.6 Identification of the Poor -- 1.7 Aggregate Poverty Measures -- 1.8 Multidimensional Poverty -- 1.9 Relationships among the Distributions of Economic Variables -- 1.10 Application of Concentration Curves to Economic Analysis -- 1.11 Tax Progressivity and Redistributive Effect of Taxation -- 1.12 Normative Measures of Tax Progressivity and Redistributive Effects -- 1.13 Negative Income Tax Plans -- 1.14 Social Welfare Programs -- 1.15 Social Price Indices and Inequality -- 1.16 Impact of Prices on Poverty -- 1.17 Economic Growth and Poverty -- 1.18 Pro-Poor Growth and Poverty Reduction -- 1.19 Summarizing the Main Contributions of the Book -- 2 Income Distributions -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Basic Concepts of Income Distribution Functions -- 2.3 Normal Distribution -- 2.4 The Pareto Law -- 2.5 Generation of Income Distribution: Champernowne's Model -- 2.6 The Pareto-Levy Law -- 2.7 Family of Distribution Functions Satisfying the Weak Pareto Law -- 2.8 Champernowne's Distribution -- 2.9 Laws of Income Distribution Violating the Weak Pareto Law -- 2.10 Concluding Remarks -- 3 The Lorenz Curve and Its Variants -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Definition of the Lorenz Curve -- 3.3 Lorenz Curve for Well-Known Distribution Functions -- 3.4 Direct Approaches to Specifying the Lorenz Curve -- 3.5 Some Useful Lemmas -- 3.6 Symmetric Lorenz Curve -- 3.7 Economic Development and Skewness of the Lorenz Curve -- 3.8 Intercountry Comparison of Skewness of Lorenz Curve -- 3.9 Relative and Absolute Inequality.
Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Scope and Limitations -- 1.2 Theories of Size Distribution of Income: A Brief Review -- 1.3 Lorenz Curve and Its Variants -- 1.4 Social Welfare Ranking of Income Distribution -- 1.5 Measures of Income Inequality -- 1.6 Identification of the Poor -- 1.7 Aggregate Poverty Measures -- 1.8 Multidimensional Poverty -- 1.9 Relationships among the Distributions of Economic Variables -- 1.10 Application of Concentration Curves to Economic Analysis -- 1.11 Tax Progressivity and Redistributive Effect of Taxation -- 1.12 Normative Measures of Tax Progressivity and Redistributive Effects -- 1.13 Negative Income Tax Plans -- 1.14 Social Welfare Programs -- 1.15 Social Price Indices and Inequality -- 1.16 Impact of Prices on Poverty -- 1.17 Economic Growth and Poverty -- 1.18 Pro-Poor Growth and Poverty Reduction -- 1.19 Summarizing the Main Contributions of the Book -- 2 Income Distributions -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Basic Concepts of Income Distribution Functions -- 2.3 Normal Distribution -- 2.4 The Pareto Law -- 2.5 Generation of Income Distribution: Champernowne's Model -- 2.6 The Pareto-Levy Law -- 2.7 Family of Distribution Functions Satisfying the Weak Pareto Law -- 2.8 Champernowne's Distribution -- 2.9 Laws of Income Distribution Violating the Weak Pareto Law -- 2.10 Concluding Remarks -- 3 The Lorenz Curve and Its Variants -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Definition of the Lorenz Curve -- 3.3 Lorenz Curve for Well-Known Distribution Functions -- 3.4 Direct Approaches to Specifying the Lorenz Curve -- 3.5 Some Useful Lemmas -- 3.6 Symmetric Lorenz Curve -- 3.7 Economic Development and Skewness of the Lorenz Curve -- 3.8 Intercountry Comparison of Skewness of Lorenz Curve -- 3.9 Relative and Absolute Inequality.
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Nanak Kakwani, Hyun H. Son
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2023-04-12
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2023-01-03
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2023-04-12
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