Measuring Inequality Third Edition

by Frank Cowell

Book Overview

What do we mean by inequality comparisons? If the rich just get richer and the poor get poorer, the answer might seem easy. But what if the income distribution changes in a complicated way? Can we use mathematical or statistical techniques to simplify the comparison problem in a way that has economic meaning? What does it mean to measure inequality? Is it similar to National Income? Or a price index? Is it enough just to work out the Gini coefficient?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019959404X
• ISBN13: 9780199594047
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"