Handbook on poverty and inequality
Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker
| Year of publication: |
2009
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| Authors: | Haughton, Jonathan Henry |
| Other Persons: | Khandker, Shahidur R. (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Washington, DC : World Bank |
| Subject: | Armutsbekämpfung | Poverty reduction | Armut | Poverty | Einkommensverteilung | Income distribution | Statistische Methode | Statistical method | Soziale Ungleichheit | Social inequality |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] |
Online Resource
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (xxi, 419 p) ill 24 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index What is poverty and why measure it?Measuring poverty -- Poverty lines -- Measures of poverty -- Poverty indexes : checking for robustness -- Inequality measures -- Describing poverty : poverty profiles -- Understanding the determinants of poverty -- Poverty reduction policies -- International poverty comparisons -- The analysis of poverty over time -- Vulnerability to poverty -- Poverty monitoring and evaluation -- Using regression -- The effects of taxation and spending on inequality and poverty -- Using survey data : some cautionary tales. |
| ISBN: | 0-8213-7613-6 ; 0-8213-7614-4 ; 978-0-8213-7613-3 ; 978-0-8213-7614-0 ; 978-0-8213-7613-3 |
| Other identifiers: | 10.1596/978-0-8213-7613-3 [DOI] |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393331