Poverty, inequality, and population : essays in development and applied measurement / D. Jayaraj, S. Subramanian.
By: Jayaraj, D., Prof.
Contributor(s): Subramanian, S. (Professor).
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TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780198088509.Subject(s): Economic development. -- School of Business and Education | Economic development -- School of Business and Education | Poverty -- India. -- School of Business and Education | Equality. -- School of Business and Education | India -- Population -- StatisticsDDC classification: HC 440 .J39 2010 Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Kirinyaga University Library General Stacks | Non-fiction | HC 440 .J39 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | KYU/2017/7503 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-298).
Out of school and (probably) in work : child labour and capability deprivation in India -- Poverty-eradication through redistributive taxation : some elementary considerations -- Poverty and discrimination : measurement and evidence from rural India -- Horizontal and vertical inequality : some interconnections and indicators -- The distribution of household wealth in India -- Comparing the age structures of populations -- Assessing the 'agedness' of a population -- Assessing the 'femaleness' of a population -- Women's well-being and the sex ratio at birth : some suggestive evidence from India -- The well-being implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population -- Manufacturing hysteria : on census-inspired 'nationalism' -- Abusing demography.
Addresses the ability to measure the categories of poverty, inequality, and population; the role of measurement in social explanation; and the philosophical bases of measurement-related judgments.