Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

edited by Nanak Kakwani, Jacques Silber

This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It includes clear presentations of more than a dozen different quantitative techniques and provides empirical illustrations based on data sources from developed or developing countries

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Year of publication:	2008
Other Persons:	Kakwani, Nanak (ed.) ; Silber, Jacques (ed.)
Publisher:	London : Palgrave Macmillan
Subject:	Armut \| Poverty \| Vermögensverteilung \| Wealth distribution \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Messung \| Measurement \| Statistische Methode \| Statistical method \| Theorie \| Theory \| Welt \| World \| Quantitative Methode \| 1993-2005
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (XXIV, 265 p, online resource)
Series:	SpringerLink / Bücher Springer eBook Collection / Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung ; Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors ; Konferenzschrift ; Conference proceedings
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Papers originally presented at an international conference in Brasilia on August 29-31, 2005 Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction: On Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement; 1 The Information Basis of Multivariate Poverty Assesments; 2 The Fuzzy Set Approach to Multidimensional Poverty: the Case of Italy in the 1990s; 3 The Rasch Model and Multidimensional Poverty Measurement; 4 A Cluster Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty in Switzerland; 5 Multidimensional Poverty and Multiple Correspondence Analysis 6 Income, Consumption and Permanent Income: a MIMIC Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement7 Multidimensional Measures of Poverty and Well-being Based on Latent Variable Models; 8 A Multidimensional Approach to Subjective Poverty; 9 Using Efficiency Analysis to Measure Individual Well-being With an Illustration for Catalonia; 10 Efficiency Analysis and the Lower Convex Hull Approach; 11 Measuring Multidimensional Poverty: The Axiomatic Approach 12 Determining the Parameters of Axiomatically Derived Multidimensional Poverty Indices: An Application Based on Reported Well-Being in Colombia13 The Order of Acquisition of Durable Goods and the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty; 14 Using an Ordinal Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Analysis; Index
ISBN:	978-0-230-58235-4 ; 978-1-349-28165-7
Other identifiers:	10.1057/9780230582354 [DOI]
Classification:	Einkommen, Beschäftigung, Arbeitsmarkt
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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