Economic inequality and poverty : facts, methods, and policies /

Economic Inequality and Poverty examines how methods for measuring inequality and poverty have evolved. Kakwani and Son draw on household surveys to demonstate a framework based on economic variables that can be applied to draw up evidence-based policies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kakwani, Nanak (Author), Son, Hyun H. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Income distribution > Mathematical models. Equality > Economic aspects. Poverty > Economic aspects. Revenu > Répartition > Modèles mathématiques. Pauvreté > Aspect économique. Equality > Economic aspects Income distribution Poverty > Economic aspects Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1 Introduction
2 Income distributions
3 The Lorenz curve and its variants
4 Welfare ranking of income distributions
5 Measurement of income inequality
6 Specifying poverty lines
7 Poverty measures
8 Multi-dimensional poverty
9 The concentration curves
10 Applications of concentration curves to economic analysis
11 Tax progressivity and redistribution effect of taxes
12 Normative measures of tax progressivity
13 Negative income tax plans
14 Targeting tools to evaluate social programs
15 Social price indices and inequality
16 Poverty price indices
17 Economic growth and poverty
18 Pro-poor growth.