Thinking about inequality : personal judgment and income distributions / Y. Amiel and F.A. Cowell.
Thinking about inequality : personal judgment and income distributions / Y. Amiel and F.A. Cowell.
Thinking about inequality : personal judgment and income distributions / Y. Amiel and F.A. Cowell.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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1999.
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N339.2/ 48
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xi, 181 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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1. Introduction -- 2. What is inequality? The economists' view -- 3. An investigative strategy -- 4. What is inequality? The students' view -- 5. Income and welfare -- 6. Income change -- 7. Poverty -- 8. A cross-cultural perspective -- 9. Thinking again about inequality -- App. A. Inequality analys...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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1999.
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"What is inequality? In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the subject that has yielded a substantial body of formal tools and results for income-distribution analysis. But does the standard axiomatic structure coincide with public perceptions of inequality? Or is the economist's concept of inequality a thing apart, perpetuated...
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Thinking about inequality : personal judgment and income distributions / Y. Amiel and F.A. Cowell.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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