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The dynamics of inequality and poverty : comparing income distributions

Creedy, John - 1998

transfer systems. The book begins with an introduction to the measurement of inequality and poverty, stressing the role of … mobility on temporary and permanent poverty. The Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty will be essential reading for students and …

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Growth, the environment, and the distribution of incomes : essays by a sceptical optimist

Beckerman, Wilfred - 1995

sustainable development. The third part of the book, on inequality and poverty, focuses on the distribution of incomes, the … conceptual problems of poverty measurement and the impact of social security payments in Britain. This volume also features an …

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Human development in the era of globalization : essays in honor of Keith B. Griffin

Boyce, James K. (contributor); Griffin, Keith (contributor) - 2006

pt. 1. Perspectives on Chinese development -- pt. 2. Agriculture and rural poverty -- pt. 3. Dimensions of human … development -- pt. 4. Globalization and inequality -- pt. 5. Strategies for reducing poverty and inequality …

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The Asian 'poverty miracle' : impressive accomplishments or incomplete achievements

Wan, Guanghua (contributor); Silber, Jacques (contributor) - 2016

Introduction / Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan -- 1. An Asian poverty line? issues and options / Stephan Klasen -- 2. A … poverty line contingent on reference groups: implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries / Satya R …. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques Silber -- 3. Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other …

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Economic growth and distribution : on the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Salvadori, Neri (ed.) - 2006

Economic Growth and Distribution isolates and compares the logical structures and methodological underpinnings underlying the relationship between economic growth and distribution. It carries out an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues connected with growth theory considered from...

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Economics and the future : time and discounting in private and public decision making

Pannell, David J. (contributor); … - 2006

Economics and the Future tackles the discounting issue from a number of angles, ranging from relatively short-term private financial decisions, to very long-term public issues spanning generations. The authors present differing perspectives and original ideas in a style that remains accessible...

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Population ageing, pensions and growth : intertemporal trade-offs and consumption planning

Creedy, John; Guest, Ross - 2009

This highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare. Societies face long-term phenomena, such as demographic change and climate change that impose costs and benefits far into...

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Behavioural macroeconomics

McDonald, Ian Martin - 2012

), S164-S187 -- David Bowman, Deborah Minehart and Matthew Rabin (1999), 'Loss Aversion in a Consumption-savings Model …

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Population aging, intergenerational transfers and the macroeconomy

Clark, Robert L. (contributor); Ogawa, Naohiro (contributor) - 2007

Economic and policy implications of population aging / Robert Clark, Andrew Mason, Naohiro Ogawa -- Population aging, changing retirement policies and lifetime earnings profiles in Japan / Robert Clark, Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura -- Firm productivity, work-force age and educational...

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Monetary scenarios : a modern approach to financial systems

Earl, Peter E. - 1989

Monetary Scenarios is an original synthesis of post Keynesian macroeconomic and monetary theory with the new microeconomics of the behavioural, transaction cost and public choice theorists. These theoretical ideas are integrated with recent historical and institutional material from the United...

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