Handbook on poverty and inequality [[electronic resource] /] / Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker
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| Autore: |
Haughton Jonathan Henry
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| Titolo: |
Handbook on poverty and inequality [[electronic resource] /] / Jonathan Haughton, Shahidur R. Khandker
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (446 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 339.4/60727 |
| Soggetto topico: | Poverty - Statistical methods |
| Poverty - Econometric models | |
| Equality - Economic aspects - Econometric models | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
KhandkerShahidur R
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Foreword; About the Authors; Abbreviations; 1 What Is Poverty and Why Measure It?; 2 Measuring Poverty; Tables; Figures; Boxes; 3 Poverty Lines; 4 Measures of Poverty; 5 Poverty Indexes: Checking for Robustness; 6 Inequality Measures; 7 Describing Poverty: Poverty Profiles; 8 Understanding the Determinants of Poverty; 9 Poverty Reduction Policies; 10 International Poverty Comparisons; 11 The Analysis of Poverty over Time; 12 Vulnerability to Poverty; 13 Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation; 14 Using Regression; 15 The Effects of Taxation and Spending on Inequality and Poverty |
| 16 Using Survey Data: Some Cautionary TalesAppendix 1 Data Introduction; Appendix 2 Stata Preliminary; Appendix 3 Exercises; Answers to the Review Questions; Index | |
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| Titolo autorizzato: | Handbook on poverty and inequality |
| ISBN: | 0-8213-7614-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454726103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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