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Income Modeling and Balancing : A Rigorous Treatment of Distribution Patterns

Kämpke, Thomas - 2015

This book presents a rigorous treatment of the mathematical instruments available for dealing with income distributions, in particular Lorenz curves and related methods. The methods examined allow us to analyze, compare and modify such distributions from an economic and social perspective....

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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 includes clear presentations of more than a dozen different quantitative techniques and provides empirical illustrations based on data sources from developed or developing countries

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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

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Einkommensverteilungsbasierte Präferenz- und Koalitionsanalysen auf der Basis selbstähnlicher Equity-Lorenzkurven : Ein Beitrag zur Quantifizierung sozialer Nachhaltigkeit

Herlyn, Estelle - 2012

Zu große Einkommensungleichheit gefährdet die Prosperität und Kohärenz einer Gesellschaft im gleichen Maß wie ein zu hoher Ausgleich der Einkommen; mittlere Ausgleichniveaus hingegen weisen die höchste Konsensfähigkeit auf. Diese Erkenntnisse resultieren aus der analytischen Nutzung von...

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Efficiency and Equity in Welfare Economics

Nicola, Pier Carlo - 2013

Overview -- Inequality, Poverty, and Welfare: Social Welfare and Income Distributions -- Inequality and Poverty Indexes -- Welfare and Efficiency: Inequality, Efficiency, and the Production Sphere -- Efficiency and Welfare -- Information Incentives and Performance -- Summary Example and...

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The Distribution of Income and Wealth : Parametric Modeling with the κ-Generalized Family

Clementi, Fabio - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

Introduction -- The Revived Interest in the Problems of Income and Wealth Distribution -- Re-incorporating Distributional Issues Into the Main Body of Economic Analysis -- Aim and Contents of this Book -- The Parametric Approach to Income and Wealth Distributional Analysis -- The Idea of a...

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Einkommensverteilung, Wachstum und Krisenentstehung : Geschichte, Theorien und empirische Evidenz

Trappl, Stefan - 2018

Dieses Buch betrachtet die Entwicklung der funktionalen und personellen Einkommensverteilung und deren Verortung im … funktionalen und zur personellen Einkommensverteilung dargestellt. Ansätze der Mainstream-Ökonomie werden heterodoxen Ansätzen … betrachtet, konkret wird die Entwicklung der funktionalen bzw. personellen Einkommensverteilung in insgesamt 14 Ländern zwischen …

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The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy : Public Deficits, Volatility, and Growth

Woo, Jaejoon - 2006

One of the most striking macroeconomic developments during the last three decades is the rise and persistence of large fiscal deficits in a number of countries. Despite recent major fiscal reforms around the world, many countries suffer from recurrent large fiscal imbalances that often reflect...

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Poverty and Equity : Measurement, Policy and Estimation with DAD

Duclos, Jean-Yves (contributor); … - 2006

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Product Standards, Exports and Employment : An Analytical Study

Acharyya, Rajat (contributor) - 2005

This book makes an analytical study of implications of the new set of non-tariff barriers that are forthcoming on the exports of the developing countries in the disguise of quality regulations and environmental standards. It argues that in the present era of globalization, with technological...

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