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A unified approach to measuring poverty and inequality
Title statement A unified approach to measuring poverty and inequality : theory and practice / James Foster, Suman Seth, Michael Lokshin, Zurab Sajaia Personal name Foster, James E. (James Eric), 1955- (author) Publication Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2013] Copyright notice date ©2013 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (xvi, 304 stran) : ilustrace ISBN 9780821398647 (online) 0821398644 (online) 1299657710 9781299657717 Edition Streamlined analysis with ADePT software Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Contents Introduction -- Income standards, inequality, and poverty -- How to interpret adept results -- Frontiers of poverty measurement -- References -- Index. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Another responsib. Seth, Suman (author) Lokshin, Michael (author) Sajaia, Zurab (author) Subj. Headings chudoba poverty * rovnost (kategorie) equality * teorie rozdělování distribution (economic theory) * zpracování dat data processing * makroekonomie macroeconomics Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 330.8 - Ekonomické teorie, doktríny, směry UDC 342.7 , 364.662 , 330.101.541 , 004.62 , 330.564 , (0.034.2:08) Country Federální oblast Kolumbie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=593537 book
"An introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing income or consumption distribution for any standard household dataset using the World Bank's ADePT software. The approach taken here considers income standards as building blocks for basic measurement, then uses them to construct inequality and poverty measures. This unified approach provides advantages in interpreting and contrasting the measures and in understanding the way measures vary over time and space. Several recent initiatives have lowered the cost of accessing household datasets. The ADePT software enables users to analyze microdata from household surveys and other sources and generate print-ready, standardized tables and charts. It can also be used to simulate the impact of economic shocks, cash transfers and other policy instruments on poverty, and inequality. The software automates analysis, helps minimize human errors, and encourages development of new economic analysis methods. Of interest to teachers and students as well as to policy practitioners, [this book] ... will empower researchers to plumb greater depths in searching for regularity in larger and larger datasets. This book should help to enrich discussion and analysis relating to the World Bank's recent effort toward defining new targets and indicators for promoting work on eradicating poverty and enhancing shared prosperity."--Publisher's website.
Introduction -- Income standards, inequality, and poverty -- How to interpret adept results -- Frontiers of poverty measurement -- References -- Index.
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