Inequality, polarization and poverty: advances in distributional analysis

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 ofa population depends on income and non-income indicators, both unidimensionaland multidimensional frameworks are taken into consideration. The technical terms and mathematical operations employed to analyze the results are explainedintuitively in non-technical terms, and numerical analyses and graphical representations help to illustrate important concepts.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-79252-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 178
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés