In this study we make an attempt to visualize the structure of the economy of Udalguri Subdivision of Assam, India. The … of labour is near- zero and productivity of land provides only subsistence. Poverty keeps consumption and savings low …

the Udalguri subdivision, Assam (india). It indicates that at least 35.85 percent of the population (and 33.52 percent of … households) in the sample villages is below poverty line (at Rs. 400 per capita per month). On the other hand, no more than 39 ….5 percent of the people (and 37.36 percent households) is likely to stand under the poverty line (at Rs. 425 per capita per …

villages are frugal. Lastly, there is a more acute inequality in income distribution in the Group-2 villages than in the Group …-1 villages. This inequality is the result of agricultural growth that has come to a few resourceful and enterprising … farmers in the Group-2 villages. Agricultural development often results into enhancement of inequality. It is not scale …

city of Meghalaya, India. Two views of poverty have been considered; first at the per capita (per month) income level and …In this paper we report our findings as to the extent of poverty among the casual labourers of Shillong, the capital …

(if everybody's income goes up, who cares if inequality is up too?), and the argument is made that only poverty … poverty solely and not with inequality is internally inconsistent. …This note is motivated by recent arguments made by Martin Feldstein in which the relevance of inequality is dismissed …

It has been noted that failure to meet the target set by government for reducing the head count ratio of child poverty … argument that absolute poverty is not a meaningful idea, this apology for the failure of government to meet poverty targets … also misses wider problems embedded in recent trends in the household income distribution. For example, inequality measures …

This paper investigates how estimates of the extent and trend of income poverty in China between 1990 and 2001 vary as … a result of alternative plausible assumptions concerning key parameters that influence the poverty line and estimated … within a reasonable range, a remarkable reduction in consumption poverty occurred in China during the 1990s. However …

This paper studies poverty as a dynamic phenomenon, motivated by the recurring economic crises that affect developing … still lack a unified framework. Echoing Atkinson (1987), this paper addresses the question of how poverty should be measured …

The objective of this work is to analyse the income inequality in the 15 EU countries during the convergence process to … whether the inequality of income has diminished within and between countries over time. Gini's generalised family indices … the results obtained to different degrees of inequality aversion and to different equivalence scales, taking into account …

in explaining such economic outcomes as inequality can lead to misinterpretations. Income should be adjusted for costs of …