1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005007240403321

Autore

Robinson, Cyril E.

Titolo

A history of Rome : From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410 / Cyril E. Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Methuen and Co., 1959

Descrizione fisica

XI, 456 p., 24 tav. 19 ill. ; 19 cm

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

2/IV B 34

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973887603321

Titolo

Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement / / edited by N. Kakwani, J. Silber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008

ISBN

9786611914448

9781281914446

1281914444

9780230582354

0230582354

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KakwaniNanak

SilberJacques

Disciplina

339.4/6072

Soggetti

Development economics

Social choice

Welfare economics

Econometrics

Economic development

Development Economics

Social Choice and Welfare

Development Studies



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers originally presented at an international conference in Brasilia on August 29-31, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.