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An investigation of the measurement of poverty in Ireland / Colin Menton.
Lippincott Library HC260.5.Z9 P6144 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Menton, Colin.
- Series:
- Issues in public administration
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Research--Ireland.
- Poverty.
- Poverty--Research.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin, Ireland : Institute of Public Administration, 2007.
- Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2. Conceptualisation and Measurement of Poverty
- Ch. 3. Poverty in Ireland
- Ch. 4. Paradox of High Economic Growth and High Poverty
- Ch. 5. Misleading Cross-Country Comparisons
- Ch. 6. Assessing the Position of Vulnerable Groups
- Ch. 7. Housing Cost Considerations
- Ch. 8. Scope for Criticism of the Consistent Poverty Measure
- Ch. 9. Public Confusion
- Ch. 10. Conclusions
- App. 1. Laeken Indicators
- App. 2. Topics in the LIIS Questionnaires
- App. 3. Calculating the Value of the 'Free Schemes' (2005).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781904541615
- 1904541615
- OCLC:
- 182662160
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