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Prices, poverty, and inequality : why Americans are better off than you think / Christian Broda and David E. Weinstein.
Lippincott Library HC110.P6 B75 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Broda, Christian M. (Christian Miguel), 1975-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--United States.
- Poverty.
- United States.
- Prices--United States.
- Prices.
- United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- Poor--United States.
- Poor.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 56 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Explaining CPI biases. Substitution bias in the CPI-U. New goods and quality bias in the CPI-U. Product turnover and quality upgrades. Globalization and new goods
- CPI biases and poverty measures. Real wages of the poor using alternative inflation measures. The impact on poverty rates
- Prices and inequality, 1990-2005. How do consumption baskets differ by income level? China and the poor in America.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-54).
- ISBN:
- 9780844742755
- 0844742759
- OCLC:
- 261201383
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