Inequality, Poverty and Well-being (Studies in Development Economics and Policy)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Notes on the Contributors......Page 12
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms......Page 14
1 Inequality, Poverty and Well-being......Page 16
2 Population Ethics and the Value of Life......Page 23
3 A Non-welfarist Approach to Inequality Measurement......Page 37
4 Relative Deprivation, Personal Income Satisfaction and Average Well-being under Different Income Distributions: An Experimental Investigation......Page 81
5 Contradictory Trends in Global Income Inequality: A Tale of Two Biases......Page 106
6 The Many Facets of Economic Mobility......Page 138
7 Social Groups and Economic Poverty: A Problem in Measurement......Page 158
8 Intersociety Literacy Comparisons......Page 177
9 The Human Development Index Adjusted for Efficient Resource Utilization......Page 192
10 A Framework for Incorporating Environmental Indicators in the Measurement of Human Well-Being......Page 209
11 Measuring Non-economic Well-being Achievement......Page 223
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H......Page 264
I......Page 266
K......Page 269
L......Page 270
M......Page 271
N......Page 272
P......Page 274
R......Page 277
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T......Page 281
U......Page 282
W......Page 283
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