On economic inequality

Author(s)

• Sen, Amartya Kumar
• Foster, James E. (James Eric)

Bibliographic Information

On economic inequality

Amartya Sen

（Clarendon paperbacks）

Clarendon Press, 1997

Expanded ed., with a substantial annexe by James E. Foster and Amartya Sen

• : pbk

Note

Title page: Enlarged edition with a substantial annexe "On economic inequality after a quarter century" / James Foster and Amartya Kumar Sen

Originally published: 1973. (Radcliffe lectures ; 1972)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-251) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1973, this book presents a systematic treatment of the conceptual framework as well as the practical problems of measurement of inequality. Alternative approaches are evaluated in terms of their philosophical assumptions, economic content, and statistical requirements. In a new introduction, Amartya Sen, jointly with James Foster, critically surveys the literature that followed the r s1ication of this book, and also evaluates the main analytical issues in the appraisal of economic inequality and poverty.

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Details

• NCID: BA31555003
• ISBN:
  • 0198281935
• LCCN: 97150339
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 260 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 331
  • LCC : HB99.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Welfare economics
  • LCSH : Equality
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07221817