Presented are new methods and new empirical studies on the subject of income inequality and poverty. The purpose of the book is to explore new ways to analyze recent trends in income inequality and poverty, both from the perspective of quantifying poverty and inequality and quantifyig the impact of various factors on the trends in inequality and poverty. The novelty lies in the diversity of empirical approaches used and customers will benefit from learning about different methods.

Product Description: Articles on econometric methodology with special reference to the quantification of poverty and economic inequality are presented in this book. Poverty and inequality measurement present special problems to the econometrician, and most of these papers analyze how to attack those problems...read more

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This volume is part of a series which aims to cover a broad spectrum of topics related to economic inequality. The topics include such areas as the measurement of poverty, measuring multidimensional economic inequality, constructing decomposable inequality measures, and others.

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Product Description: This book is the culmination of roughly seven years of joint research be­ tween us. We have both been interested in income inequality measurement for a considerably longer period of time. One author (Ryu) has a back­ ground in physics...read more

Product Description: This supplement focuses on the NBA with particular reference to pay and performance. In-depth analyses of positional pay variations, player negotiations, supply and demand and econometric models of pay and performance seek to give a much clearer picture of why, how and when pay is awarded in the sports industry and particularly in the NBA...read more

Product Description: The methods for measuring and describing economic inequality discussed in this volume include weighted geometric mean measures of inequality, the estimation and analysis of empirical Lorenz curves, and the Kappa criterion and income distribution.

Product Description: An exploration of the socioeconomic fabric of the US/Mexico border region as a measure of the North American Free Trade Agreement's future.

Product Description: This is an examination of various methods used to measure the quality of life (QOL) across countries. It expands the scope of QOL indices to include political environment and presents new methods to construct indices and to weight different parameters...read more

Product Description: The various issues involved in measuring income inequality in the U.S. are analyzed in this book. In describing the level of inequality inherent in a particular graduation it is important which income recipient and which data set is used and also the measure of income inequality used as the appropriate summary statistic...read more

Product Description: In this book the foundations and applicability of the Generalized Fechner-Thurstone Utility Function are laid out. It is shown how by removing the constraint of fixed preferences in the neoclassical consumer theory, utility theory can be used to develop non-parametric indices along with elasticities of the marginal rates of substitutions...read more