Inequality, Polarization and Poverty Advances in Distributional Analysis

• Main Author: Chakravarty, Satya R
• Format: eBook Book Publication
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Springer-Verlag 2009; Springer; Springer New York; Springer-Verlag New York
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being
• Subjects: Armoede; Development Economics; Econometrics; Economics; Economics and Finance; Economics/Management Science; gtt; Income distribution > Mathematical models; Statistics; Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance; Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre
• ISBN: 038779252X; 9780387792521; 9780387792538; 0387792538
• ISSN: 2364-107X; 2364-1088
• DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79253-8

The study of inequality, polarization and poverty is crucial for understanding the economic well-being of the population of a country. Conceptual and methodological advances and better data have provided better insights into these issues in recent years, and it is the objective of the book to present a systematic and up-to-date treatment of the developments in the subject. Both welfare theoretic and descriptive approaches are discussed and, since the wellbeing of a population depends on income and non-income indicators, both unidimensional and multidimensional frameworks are taken into consideration. The technical terms and mathematical operations employed to analyze the results are explained intuitively in non-technical terms, and numerical analyses and graphical representations help to illustrate important concepts. TOC:The Measurement of Income Inequality.- Inequality and Income Poverty.- Measuring Income Deprivation.- The Measurement of Income Polarization.- Multidimensional Approaches to Inequality Measurement.- The Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty.