Handbook on poverty and inequality /
Haughton, Jonathan Henry,
Handbook on poverty and inequality / Poverty and inequality Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker. - xxi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is poverty and why measure it? -- Measuring poverty -- Poverty lines -- Measures of poverty -- Poverty indexes : checking for robustness -- Inequality measures -- Describing poverty : poverty profiles -- Understanding the determinants of poverty -- Poverty reduction policies -- International poverty comparisons -- The analysis of poverty over time -- Vulnerability to poverty -- Poverty monitoring and evaluation -- Using regression -- The effects of taxation and spending on inequality and poverty -- Using survey data : some cautionary tales.
0821376136 9780821376133
2009000849
Poverty--Statistical methods--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Poverty--Econometric models--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Equality--Economic aspects--Econometric models--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
HC79.P6 / H344 2009 UN9 MG 2009.H16 .ENG
339.460727
Handbook on poverty and inequality / Poverty and inequality Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker. - xxi, 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is poverty and why measure it? -- Measuring poverty -- Poverty lines -- Measures of poverty -- Poverty indexes : checking for robustness -- Inequality measures -- Describing poverty : poverty profiles -- Understanding the determinants of poverty -- Poverty reduction policies -- International poverty comparisons -- The analysis of poverty over time -- Vulnerability to poverty -- Poverty monitoring and evaluation -- Using regression -- The effects of taxation and spending on inequality and poverty -- Using survey data : some cautionary tales.
0821376136 9780821376133
2009000849
Poverty--Statistical methods--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Poverty--Econometric models--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Equality--Economic aspects--Econometric models--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
HC79.P6 / H344 2009 UN9 MG 2009.H16 .ENG
339.460727