Inequality and opportunity [[electronic resource] ] : papers from the second ECINEQ Society meeting / / edited by John Bishop, Buhong Zheng |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, : Emerald Group Publishing, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
Disciplina | 339.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BishopJohn A
ZhengBuhong |
Collana | Research on economic inequality |
Soggetto topico |
Income distribution
Educational equalization |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-77309-X
9786613683861 1-84855-135-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Inequality and Opportunity: Papers from The Second Ecineq Society Meeting; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Equal liberties and the resulting optimum income distribution and taxation; Macrojustice; Equal economic liberty; Will the gamble be individual or for the entire groupquest; Equivalent properties and normative meanings; An empirical illustration; Real gains, incentive compatibility; Information, degree of redistribution, public finance; Comparison with the other economic and ethical theories; Normative aspects; Notes
Bonferroni absolute index and De Vergottini absolute index as deprivation measures8References; Tests of welfarism for macrojustice; An empirical illustration. European Union 2000; Multidimensional labour, non-linear production; Unemployment; Inequality and envy; Introduction; The approach; Absolute measures; Relative measures; Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Interdependent preferences in the design of equal-opportunity policies; Introduction; The model; The mechanisms; An illustration: equal-opportunity policies for health care; Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References Higher education and equality of opportunity in ItalyIntroduction; Equality of educational opportunities; The empirical analysis: equality of opportunity in the Italian higher education system; Concluding remarks; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Inequality of opportunity for income in five countries of Africa; Introduction; The measurement and analysis of inequality of opportunity; Data and variables construction; Results: differences in inequality of opportunity for income; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References : Decomposition of inequality of opportunity indexes using the log-linear modelEqualizing income versus equalizing opportunity:a comparison of the United States and Germany; Introduction; Preferences for redistribution; Framework; Estimating the income-generating process; Measuring unfairness; The egalitarian equivalent and conditional egalitarian fair income: a robustness analysis; Concluding remarks; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Intergenerational income inequality and dynastic poverty persistence: Germany and the United States compared; Introduction; Database and sample organization MethodologyEmpirical results; Conclusions; Note; Acknowledgments; References; Measuring inequality with ordinal data: a note; Introduction; Ranking health distributions; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Multidimensional unit- and subgroup-consistent inequality and poverty measures: some characterizations; Introduction; Multidimensional unit-consistent inequality measures; Multidimensional unit-consistent poverty measures; Concluding remarks; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Rankings of income distributions: a note on intermediate inequality indices; Introduction Unit-consistency and intermediate inequality measures |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455531203321 |
Bingley, : Emerald Group Publishing, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Inequality and opportunity [[electronic resource] ] : papers from the second ECINEQ society meeting / / edited by John Bishop, Buhong Zheng |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, : Emerald Group Publishing, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
Disciplina | 339.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BishopJohn A
ZhengBuhong |
Collana | Research on economic inequality |
Soggetto topico |
Business & Economics - Economics - Macroeconomics
Business & Economics - Economic Conditions Political Science - Public Policy - Economic Policy Macroeconomics Welfare economics Equality Poverty |
ISBN |
1-280-77309-X
9786613683861 1-84855-135-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Equal liberties and the resulting optimum income distribution and taxation / Serge-Christophe Kolm -- Equalizing income versus equalizing opportunity :a comparison of the United States and Germany / Ingvild Almås -- Intergenerational income inequality and dynastic poverty persistence : Germany and the United States compared / Veronika V. Eberharter -- Measuring inequality with ordinal data: a note / Buhong Zheng -- Multidimensional unit- and subgroup-consistent inequality and poverty measures : some characterizations / Henar Díez, Ma Casilda Lasso de la Vega, Ana Urrutia -- Rankings of income distributions : a note on intermediate inequality indices / Coral del Río, Olga Alonso-Villar -- The Bonferroni, Gini, and De Vergottini indices : inequality, welfare, and deprivation in the European union in 2000 / Elena Bárcena, Luis J. Imedio -- On various ways of measuring unemployment, with applications to Switzerland / Joseph Deutsch, Yves Flckiger, Jacques Silber -- Income mobility in Argentina / Luis Beccaria, Fernando Groisman -- Risk level and inequality preference / Liema Davidovitz -- Inequality and envy / Frank Cowell, Udo Ebert -- Interdependent preferences in the design of equal-opportunity policies / Juan D. Moreno-Ternero -- Higher education and equality of opportunity in Italy / Vito Peragine, Laura Serlenga -- Inequality of opportunity for income in five countries of Africa / Denis Cogneau, Sandrine Mesplé-Somps -- Introduction / John A. Bishop, Buhong Zheng. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778086203321 |
Bingley, : Emerald Group Publishing, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Inequality and opportunity : papers from the second ECINEQ Society meeting / / edited by John Bishop, Buhong Zheng |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, : Emerald Group Publishing, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
Disciplina | 339.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BishopJohn A
ZhengBuhong |
Collana | Research on economic inequality |
Soggetto topico |
Income distribution
Educational equalization |
ISBN |
1-280-77309-X
9786613683861 1-84855-135-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Equal liberties and the resulting optimum income distribution and taxation / Serge-Christophe Kolm -- Equalizing income versus equalizing opportunity :a comparison of the United States and Germany / Ingvild Almås -- Intergenerational income inequality and dynastic poverty persistence : Germany and the United States compared / Veronika V. Eberharter -- Measuring inequality with ordinal data: a note / Buhong Zheng -- Multidimensional unit- and subgroup-consistent inequality and poverty measures : some characterizations / Henar Díez, Ma Casilda Lasso de la Vega, Ana Urrutia -- Rankings of income distributions : a note on intermediate inequality indices / Coral del Río, Olga Alonso-Villar -- The Bonferroni, Gini, and De Vergottini indices : inequality, welfare, and deprivation in the European union in 2000 / Elena Bárcena, Luis J. Imedio -- On various ways of measuring unemployment, with applications to Switzerland / Joseph Deutsch, Yves Flckiger, Jacques Silber -- Income mobility in Argentina / Luis Beccaria, Fernando Groisman -- Risk level and inequality preference / Liema Davidovitz -- Inequality and envy / Frank Cowell, Udo Ebert -- Interdependent preferences in the design of equal-opportunity policies / Juan D. Moreno-Ternero -- Higher education and equality of opportunity in Italy / Vito Peragine, Laura Serlenga -- Inequality of opportunity for income in five countries of Africa / Denis Cogneau, Sandrine Mesplé-Somps -- Introduction / John A. Bishop, Buhong Zheng. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813918703321 |
Bingley, : Emerald Group Publishing, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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