Poverty, inequality, and population : essays in development and applied measurement
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Poverty, inequality, and population : essays in development and applied measurement
Oxford University Press, 2012, c2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-[339])
Library's copy imperfect: p. 334-335 and 338-339 unprinted
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Description
The subjects of poverty, inequality, and population are integral to the study of human development. Poverty and taxation, distribution of wealth and deprivation, extent of child labour, and composition of the population are all significant indicators of socio-economic development that demand both rigorous measurement and careful analysis in the assessment of a society's progress. The authors employ measurement of these key indicators to assess:
potential impact of redistributive taxation on poverty;
nexus between poverty and child labour;
distribution of wealth in a society; and
the crucial aspects of age and gender composition of population.
The ability to obtain meaningful answers to these questions is frequently determined by the ability to measure the extent and composition of poverty, inequality, and population. Thus, this volume addresses both the formal elements of measurement as well as applications of these in addressing the substantive elements of development.
Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. OUT OF SCHOOL AND (PROBABLY) IN WORK: CHILD LABOUR AND CAPABILITY DEPRIVATION IN INDIA
- 2. POVERTY ERADICATION THROUGH REDISTRIBUTIVE TAXATION: SOME ELEMENTARY CONSIDERATIONS
- 3. POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION: MEASUREMENT AND EVIDENCE FROM RURAL INDIA
- 4. HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INEQUALITY: SOME INTERCONNECTIONS AND INDICATORS
- 5. THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLD WEALTH IN INDIA
- 6. COMPARING THE AGE STRUCTURES OF POPULATIONS
- 7. ASSESSING THE 'AGEDNESS' OF A POPULATION
- 8. ASSESSING THE 'FEMALENESS' OF A POPULATION
- 9. WOMEN'S WELL-BEING AND THE SEX RATIO AT BIRTH: SOME SUGGESTIVE EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
- 10. THE WELL-BEING IMPLICATIONS OF A CHANGE IN THE SEX RATIO OF A POPULATION
- 11. MANUFACTURING HYSTERIA: ON CENSUS-INSPIRED 'NATIONALISM'
- 12. ABUSING DEMOGRAPHY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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