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Inequality, Poverty and Well-being

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Mark McGillivray

    1. World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, Finland
      Human Development and Capabilities Association, Finland

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Part of the book series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy (SDEP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Inequality, Poverty and Well-being

    • Mark McGillivray
    Pages 1-7

  3. Population Ethics and the Value of Life

    • Charles Blackorby, Walter Bossert, David Donaldson
    Pages 8-21

  4. A Non-welfarist Approach to Inequality Measurement

    • Alain Chateauneuf, Patrick Moyes
    Pages 22-65

  5. Relative Deprivation, Personal Income Satisfaction and Average Well-being under Different Income Distributions: An Experimental Investigation

    • Christian Seidl, Stefan Traub, Andrea Morone
    Pages 66-90

  6. Contradictory Trends in Global Income Inequality: A Tale of Two Biases

    • Steve Dowrick, Muhammad Akmal
    Pages 91-122

  7. The Many Facets of Economic Mobility

    • Gary S. Fields
    Pages 123-142

  8. Social Groups and Economic Poverty: A Problem in Measurement

    • S. Subramanian
    Pages 143-161

  9. Intersociety Literacy Comparisons

    • Satya R. Chakravarty, Amita Majumder
    Pages 162-176

  10. The Human Development Index Adjusted for Efficient Resource Utilization

    • F. J. Arcelus, Basu Sharma, G. Srinivasan
    Pages 177-193

  11. A Framework for Incorporating Environmental Indicators in the Measurement of Human Well-Being

    • Osman Zaim
    Pages 194-207

  12. Measuring Non-economic Well-being Achievement

    • Mark McGillivray
    Pages 208-240

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 241-270
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This book examines inequality, poverty and well-being concepts and corresponding empirical measures. Attempting to push future research in new and important directions, the book has a strong analytical orientation, consisting of a mix of conceptual and empirical analyses that constitute new and innovative contributions to the research literature.

Reviews

'Mark McGillivray conducts a very useful and sobering econometric exercise that allows him to compute the predictive value of a whole host of well-being indicators for the part of (composite) well-being not explained by per capita income...' - Arjan Verschoor, Journal of Development Studies

'Remarkable not just for tackling difficult conceptual and methodological issues but for [its] content, scope and coverage which touches upon most, if not all, of the central topics and emerging issues in well-being research highly recommended' - David A. Clark, Journal of Human Development

Editors and Affiliations

  • World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, Finland

    Mark McGillivray

  • Human Development and Capabilities Association, Finland

    Mark McGillivray

About the editor

MUHAMMAD AKMAL Economist, Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Australia F. J. ARCELUS Professor Emeritus, University of New Brunswick, Canada CHARLES BLACKORBY Professor of Economics, University of Warwick, UK WALTER BOSSERT Professor of Economics and CIREQ Research Fellow, University of Montreal, Canada SATYA R. CHAKRAVARTY Professor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, India ALAIN CHATEAUNEUF Professor in Mathematics, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France DAVID DONALDSON Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of British Columbia, Canada STEVEN DOWRICK Professor of Economics, Australian National University, Australia GARY S. FIELDS Professor, Cornell University, USA AMITA MAJUMDER Professor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, India ANDREA MORONE Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Bari, Italy PATRICK MOYES Director of Research, Center National de la Recherche Scientifique in Economics, France CHRISTIAN SEIDL Professor of Economics, University of Kiel, Germany BASU SHARMA Professor, University of New Brunswick, Canada G. SRINIVASAN Professor of Finance, University of New Brunswick, Canada S. SUBRAMANIAN Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, India STEFAN TRAUB Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Kiel, Germany OSMAN ZAIM Associate Professor of Economics, Bilkent University, Turkey

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