Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Program Impact Estimation with Binary Outcome Variables: Monte Carlo Results for Alternative Estimators and Empirical Examples -- Chapter 3 Stochastic Frontier Models with Bounded Inefficiency -- Chapter 4 Estimating Consumer Surplus in eBay Computer Monitor...

Non-communicable diseases have surpassed infectious diseases as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Prevention and treatment of the causes and consequences of lifestyle-related diseases forms an important part of health policy in the twenty-first century. Public...

This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It includes clear presentations of more than a dozen different quantitative techniques and provides empirical illustrations based on data sources from developed or developing countries

Efficiency Indicators And Indexes -- The Nerlovian Profit Indicator -- The Revenue Efficiency Indicator -- Cost Efficiency Indicator -- Efficiency Indexes -- From Indicators to Indexes -- Hyperbolic Efficiency -- Remarks on the Literature -- Environmental Performance -- Good and Bad Outputs --...

The parameterization of income distributions using Lorenz Curves is a useful technique to analyze the characteristics of income inequality within a given population. It provides a way of describing how data are generated, why the level of inequality is what it is, and how these factors impact...

Basic Methodological Approaches -- Other Methodological Approaches -- MUSA: Multicriteria Satisfaction Analysis -- Extensions of the MUSA Method -- Advanced Topics on the MUSA Method -- Customer Satisfaction Surveys and Barometers -- Applications in Business Organizations -- Customer...