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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793304203321

Autore

Deaton Angus

Titolo

The Analysis of Household Surveys (Reissue Edition with a New Preface) : : A Microeconometric Approach to Development Policy / / Angus Deaton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2019

ISBN

1-4648-1352-3

Edizione

[Reissue edition with a new preface.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (494 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

DeatonAngus

Disciplina

001.433

Soggetti

Household surveys - Developing countries - Methodology

Developing countries Economic conditions Econometric models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Two decades after its original publication, The Analysis of Household Surveys is reissued with a new preface by its author, Sir Angus Deaton, recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This classic work remains relevant to anyone with a serious interest in using household survey data to shed light on policy issues.The book reviews the analysis of household survey data, including the construction of household surveys, the econometric tools useful for such analysis, and a range of problems in development policy for which this survey analysis can be applied.Chapter 1 describes the features of survey design that need to be understood in order to undertake appropriate analysis. Chapter 2 discusses the general econometric and statistical issues that arise when using survey data for estimation and inference. Chapter 3 covers the use of survey data to measure welfare, poverty, and distribution. Chapter 4 focuses on the use of household budget data to explore patterns of household demand. Chapter 5 discusses price reform, its effects on equity and efficiency, and how to measure them. Chapter 6 addresses the role of household consumption and saving in economic development. The book includes an appendix providing code and programs using STATA, which can serve as a template for users' own analysis.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910536548003321

Autore

Sommer Bernd

Titolo

Cultural dynamics of climate change and the environment in Northern America / / edited by Bernd Sommer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brill, 2015

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-30071-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

Climate and Culture, , 2213-0519 ; ; Volume 3

Disciplina

304.25

Soggetti

Global warming - Social aspects - North America

Climatic changes - Social aspects - North America

Human beings - Effect of climate on

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Climates and Cultures in Northern America / Bernd Sommer -- 1 The “American Way of Life” and US Views on Climate Change and the Environment / Roland Benedikter , Eugene Cordero and Anne Marie Todd -- 2 From Conservationists to Environmentalists: The American ­Environmental Movement / Angela G. Mertig -- 3 The Role of Norms for US Foreign Climate Policy / Frederic Hanusch -- 4 North American Climate History / Samuel White , Kenneth M. Sylvester and Richard Tucker -- 5 Hurricanes in New Orleans: Disaster Migration and Adaptation, 1718–1794 / Eleonora Rohland -- 6 The Landscapes of Man: Ecological and Cultural Change before ­Hurricane Katrina / Demetrius L. Eudell -- 7 Science (and Policy) Friction: How Mass Media Shape US American Climate Discourses / Maxwell T. Boykoff and Michael K. Goodman -- 8 “Save Ga. Ride this Bus”: Racialised Poverty, Violence and Climate Change in Urban America / Jürgen Heinrichs -- 9 Climate Change Beliefs and Climate-relevant Behaviour at the Northern US West Coast: A Practice Theoretical Analysis / Karin Schürmann -- 10 A New Clayoquot? Examining the Convergence of First Nations and Environmental NGO s in Vancouver’s Anti-Pipeline Protests / Omer Aijazi and Martin David -- 11



Incorporating Climate Change Remedies into Community ­Development in Greenland / Naotaka Hayashi -- 12 Cultural Dynamics of Adaptation to Climate Change: An Example from the East Coast of the US / Grit Martinez and Michael J. Paolisso -- 13 “Back to the Future”: Imagining Climate Change Futures in US American Literature / Antonia Mehnert -- Bibliography / Bernd Sommer -- Index / Bernd Sommer.

Sommario/riassunto

Global warming interacts in multiple ways with ecological and social systems in Northern America. While the US and Canada belong to the world’s largest per capita emitters of greenhouse gases, the Arctic north of the continent as well as the Deep South are already affected by a changing climate. In Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change and the Environment in Northern America academics from various fields such as anthropology, art history, educational studies, cultural studies, environmental science, history, political science, and sociology explore society–nature interactions in – culturally as well as ecologically – one of the most diverse regions of the world. Contributors include: Omer Aijazi, Roland Benedikter, Maxwell T. Boykoff, Eugene Cordero, Martin David, Demetrius Eudell, Michael K. Goodman, Frederic Hanusch, Naotaka Hayashi, Jürgen Heinrichs, Grit Martinez, Antonia Mehnert, Angela G. Mertig, Michael J. Paolisso, Eleonora Rohland, Karin Schürmann, Bernd Sommer, Kenneth M. Sylvester, Anne Marie Todd, Richard Tucker, and Sam White.