Inequality, poverty and well-being / edited by Mark McGillivray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGillivray, Mark.

World Institute for Development Economics Research.

Series:

Studies in development economics and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of life.

Poverty.

Equality.

Income distribution.

Physical Description:

xiv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan in association with the United Nations University--World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2006.

Summary:

With more than a billion people living on less than one dollar per day, some evidence of increasing gaps in living conditions within and between countries and the clear evidence of substantial declines in life expectancy or other health outcomes in some parts of the world, the related topics of inequality, poverty and well-being are core international issues. More is known about inequality, poverty and well-being than ever before as a result of conceptual and methodological advances and better data. Yet many debates persist and numerous important questions remain unanswered. This book examines inequality, poverty and well-being concepts and corresponding empirical measures. Attempting to push future research in new and important directions, the book has a strong analytical orientation, consisting of a mix of conceptual and empirical analyses that constitute new and innovative contributions to the research literature.

Contents:

1 Inequality, Poverty and Well-being / Mark McGillivray 1

2 Population Ethics and the Value of Life / Charles Blackorby, Walter Bossert, David Donaldson 8

3 A Non-welfarist Approach to Inequality Measurement / Alain Chateauneuf, Patrick Moyes 22

4 Relative Deprivation, Personal Income Satisfaction and Average Well-being under Different Income Distributions: An Experimental Investigation / Christian Seidl, Stefan Traub, Andrea Morone 66

5 Contradictory Trends in Global Income Inequality: A Tale of Two Biases / Steve Dowrick, Muhammad Akmal 91

6 The Many Facets of Economic Mobility / Gary S. Fields 123

7 Social Groups and Economic Poverty: A Problem in Measurement / S. Subramanian 143

8 Intersociety Literacy Comparisons / Satya R. Chakravarty, Amita Majumder 162

9 The Human Development Index Adjusted for Efficient Resource Utilization / F.J. Arcelus, Basu Sharma, G. Srinivasan 177

10 A Framework for Incorporating Environmental Indicators in the Measurement of Human Well-Being / Osman Zaim 194

11 Measuring Non-economic Well-being Achievement / Mark McGillivray 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1403987521

OCLC:

64453557

Publisher Number:

9781403987525

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