Poverty, inequality, and population : essays in development and applied measurement
D. Jayaraj; S. Subramanian
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2010 ; 1. publ.
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| Authors: | Jayaraj, D. ; Subramanian, Sreenivasan |
| Other Persons: | Jayaraj, Dhairiyarayar (contributor) |
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New Delhi : Oxford University Press |
| Subject: | Armut | Poverty | Soziale Ungleichheit | Social inequality | Bevölkerungsstruktur | Demographic structure | Soziale Lage | Social situation | Entwicklung | Economic development | Indien | India | Bekämpfung | Bevölkerungsentwicklung |
| Description of contents: |
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
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| Extent: | XVI, 298 S. graph. Darst. 23 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Aufsatzsammlung |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Essays; previously published. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-298) Out of school and (probably) in work : child labour and capability deprivation in IndiaPoverty-eradication through redistributive taxation : some elementary considerations -- Poverty and discrimination : measurement and evidence from rural India -- Horizontal and vertical inequality : some interconnections and indicators -- The distribution of household wealth in India -- Comparing the age structures of populations -- Assessing the 'agedness' of a population -- Assessing the 'femaleness' of a population -- Women's well-being and the sex ratio at birth : some suggestive evidence from India -- The well-being implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population -- Manufacturing hysteria : on census-inspired 'nationalism' -- Abusing demography. Out of school and (probably) in work : child labour and capability deprivation in India -- Poverty-eradication through redistributive taxation : some elementary considerations -- Poverty and discrimination : measurement and evidence from rural India -- Horizontal and vertical inequality : some interconnections and indicators -- The distribution of household wealth in India -- Comparing the age structures of populations -- Assessing the 'agedness' of a population -- Assessing the 'femaleness' of a population -- Women's well-being and the sex ratio at birth : some suggestive evidence from India -- The well-being implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population -- Manufacturing hysteria : on census-inspired 'nationalism' -- Abusing demography. |
| ISBN: | 0-19-806794-1 ; 978-0-19-806794-8 |
| Classification: | Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Wirtschaftsstruktur: Allgemeines |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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