Poverty, inequality, and population : essays in development and applied measurement /
by Jayaraj, D., Prof; Subramanian, S. (Professor).
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BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780198067948 (hbk.); 0198067941 (hbk.).Subject(s): Economic development | Economic development -- Social aspects | Poverty -- India | Equality | India -- Population -- StatisticsOnline resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 338.9 JAD Development economics : | 338.9 JAD Development economics : | 338.9 JAD Development economics : | 338.9 JAP Poverty, inequality, and population : | 338.9 JAP Poverty, inequality, and population : | 338.9 JOE Economic policies toward less developed countries / | 338.9 JOE Economic policies toward less developed countries / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-298).
Out of school and (probably) in work : child labour and capability deprivation in India -- Poverty-eradication through redistributive taxation : some elementary considerations -- Poverty and discrimination : measurement and evidence from rural India -- Horizontal and vertical inequality : some interconnections and indicators -- The distribution of household wealth in India -- Comparing the age structures of populations -- Assessing the 'agedness' of a population -- Assessing the 'femaleness' of a population -- Women's well-being and the sex ratio at birth : some suggestive evidence from India -- The well-being implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population -- Manufacturing hysteria : on census-inspired 'nationalism' -- Abusing demography.
Addresses the ability to measure the categories of poverty, inequality, and population; the role of measurement in social explanation; and the philosophical bases of measurement-related judgments.
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