This study utilises empirical evidence to model and measure aggregate poverty and income dynamics in order to design appropriate policies to alleviate poverty. It introduces the Lorenz curve and the Gini and Atkinson measures as techniques for assessing these conditions.

The book covers topics including: planning a first research project; writing a first research paper; writing a thesis and the relationship with a supervisor; the differences between journal and book publishing and what to expect from editors of both publishing formats. It also offers invaluable advice on structure, writing clearly and pitfalls to avoid as well as the processes involved in publishing.

The book covers topics including: planning a first research project; writing a first research paper; writing a thesis and the relationship with a supervisor; the differences between journal and book publishing and what to expect from editors of both publishing formats. It also offers invaluable advice on structure, writing clearly and pitfalls to avoid as well as the processes involved in publishing.

Demand and Exchange in Economic Analysis provides a combination of detailed analysis of a central area of economics with the history of economic thought. The first part of the book examines major attempts to treat mathematically the partial equilibrium concept of demand conceived as a schedule. The second part, after generalizing Cournot's model of trade in a single good, traces the general equilibrium analysis of exchange. This adds to the concept of a demand curve the fundamental interpretation of the rate of exchange, or price ratio, in terms of the amount of one good offered in return for...

Population ageing is an important trend that will be experienced in industrialised countries in the early part of the next century. This work examines aspects of population ageing and pensions, with an emphasis on the design and use of simple economic models.

This work outlines the development of the theory of exchange, paying attention to formal models produced during the last half of the 19th century. The first part provides an survey of the development of the theory, and the second part reproduces extracts from some of the major contributors.

This work on industrial organization asks a number of questions. How far can efficiency be pursued without sacrificing equity? Will the liberalization of markets lead to greater inequality of incomes? Does the profitability of big business really reflect economies of scale?

This text is concerned with some of the practical and conceptual problems of measuring the changes in welfare of individuals and excess burdens arising from taxation. It also provides an introductory review of alternative concepts and practical approaches to measurement of welfare.

An empirical analysis of earnings over the life cycle which addresses major policy issues in several central areas. It examines measurement of wealth and lifetime inequality, earnings mobility between generations and the demographic effects on aggregate consumption.

This volume reports on contemporary research on behavioural microsimulation modelling of tax and transfer systems. Its aims are twofold. Firstly, it discusses the rationale for the basic modelling approach adopted and provides information on econometric methods used to estimate behavioural relationships. Secondly, it describes the Melbourne Institute Tax and Transfer Simulator (MITTS) in detail, explaining its main features, installation and use. After providing a broad review of tax modelling, the authors review alternative approaches to the analysis of labour supply behaviour, discuss the...