Economic Inequality and Poverty: International Perspectives b... - 9781138896406

Taylor & Francis

This title was first published in 1991: This collection focuses on the concepts and measurements of inequality, poverty, the concentration of wealth, and the implications of these issues for social policies. A special feature of this work is the international comparisons of the evidence on economic inequality. > This title was first published in 1991: This collection focuses on the concepts and measurements of inequality, poverty, the concentration of wealth, and the implications of these issues for social policies. A special feature of this work is the international comparisons of the evidence on economic inequality. > \n1: The Measurement of Income Inequality; 2: Cross-National Comparisons of Inequality and Poverty Position; 3: Global Economic Inequality and Its Trends Since 1950; 4 The Distribution of Household Wealth: Methodological Issues, Time Trends, and Cross-Sectional Comparisons; 5: The Definition and Measurement of Poverty; 6: Short- and Long-Term Poverty in the Unitn