Thinking about Inequality: Personal Judgment and Income Distributions

ISBN-13: 9780521466967 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 196 str.

Yoram Amiel; Frank A. Cowell

Opis

What is inequality? In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the subject that has yielded a substantial body of formal tools and results for income-distribution analysis. But does the standard axiomatic structure coincide with public perceptions of inequality? Or is the economist's concept of inequality a thing apart, perpetuated through serial brainwashing in the way the subject is studied and taught? Amiel and Cowell examine the evidence from a large international questionnaire experiment using student respondents. Along with basic "cake-sharing" issues, related questions involving social-welfare rankings, the relationship between inequality and overall income growth and the meaning of poverty comparisons are considered.

Recenzje

' … provides a neat and comprehensible introduction to the principles of the modern approach to inequality measurement.' Economic Journal

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. What is inequality? The economists' view; 3. An investigative strategy; 4. What is inequality? The students' view; 5. Income and welfare; 6. Income change; 7. Poverty; 8. A Cross-cultural perspective; 9. Thinking agian about inequality; A. Inequality analysis: a summary of results; B. The questionnaires.