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Amartya Sen's Capability Approach : Theoretical Insights and Empirical Applications
Kuklys, Wiebke (contributor) - 2005
Kuklys examines how Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen?s approach to welfare measurement can be put in practice … for poverty and inequality measurement in affluent societies such as the UK. Sen argues that an individual?s welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520489
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Measuring Globalisation : Gauging Its Consequences
Dreher, Axel - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014690
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Human Well-Being : Concept and Measurement
McGillivray, Mark (ed.) - 2007
This book provides insights into how human well-being could be better defined and empirically assessed. It takes stock of and reviews various concepts and measures and provides recommendations for future practice and research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054238
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Poverty and Equity : Measurement, Policy and Estimation with DAD
Duclos, Jean-Yves (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520683
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Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
Kakwani, Nanak (ed.); Silber, Jacques (ed.) - 2008
This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054159
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Inflation : History and Measurement
O'Neill, Robert; Ralph, Jeff; Smith, Paul A. - 2017
This book is a non-technical introduction to the history of - and current measurement practice of - inflation for the …Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What is Inflation? -- Chapter 3. The Origins of Inflation Measurement: 1700 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397731
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National Intellectual Capital : A Comparison of 40 Countries
Lin, Yeh-Yun - 2011
Over the past decade, knowledge assets and intellectual capital have been attracting an increasing amount of attention, not only from academics and CEOs, but also from national policy makers. To date, most studies of intellectual capital have focused at the organizational level, with an emphasis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013522878
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Inequality, Polarization and Conflict : An Analytical Study
Chakravarty, Satya R. - 2015
Chapter 1. Measuring Inequality -- Chapter 2. On the Measurement of Income Bipolarization -- Chapter 3. Measurement of … -- Chapter 6. Measurement of Polarization for a Dimension of Human Well-being with Ordinal Significance.- Chapter 7 …This monograph initially offers a systematic treatment of the theory and methodology of alternative notions of income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019200
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Die Fairness-Formel : Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit in der Wirtschaft der Zukunft
Lüthy, Herbert - 2016
Ausgangspunkt dieses Buches ist das Verhältnis von Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft: Führt eine freie Marktwirtschaft tendenziell zu Ungerechtigkeit? Vergrößert sie die Schere zwischen arm und reich? Kann und soll man überhaupt etwas dagegen tun? Der Autor stellt in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019693
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Das Konzept der Metropolregion in Theorie und Praxis : Ziele, Umsetzung und Kritik
Bege, Stefan - 2010
Einführung -- Die Genese der Metropolregion in Deutschland, Empirie -- Die theoretisch – konzeptionelle Fundierung der Metropolregion – aktueller Stand der Forschung -- Erweiterung der Funktionentheorie der Metropolregion: Das Indikatorenmodell (Phänomene der Metropolregion) --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014424905