Provides a short and accessible introduction to the concept of economic inequality and how inequality can be modelled and measured. The first edition was published in 1977; changes in the new edition reflect the wealth of material that has appeared in the literature on the axiomatic foundation of inequality analysis, on the formal relationships between inequality and social welfare, and related topics. Includes a computer disk that provides in ASCII and Lotus 1-2-3 files all material used for examples in the book. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Measuring Inequality (Lse Handbooks in Economics Series)

Business & Money

Cowell, Frank

Economics

Harvester/Wheatsheaf

Wealth in the UK: Distribution, Accumulation, and Policy

This book examines key issues connected with the distribution of personal wealth in the UK. It studies why wealth is now such an important factor in social differences and public policy. It presents the most recent information on current wealth inequalities and a detailed discussion of trends in the distribution of wealth. It uses newly available data to compare wealth inequalities in the UK with the USA, Canada, and Sweden. It uses longitudinal data, which track the same people over time, to examine trajectories in wealth accumulation over the decade to 2005 and inequalities in inheritances over the same period. It looks at how parental wealth levels and people's asset-holdings early in adulthood affect outcomes later in their lives. The final part looks at the way in which policies towards wealth-holding developed historically, and the contradictory ways in which a wide range of public policies relate to people's wealth levels, including through taxation, means-testing, and the encouragement of saving, and discusses what the key issues for policy towards wealth and wealth inequalities now are. Personal wealth in the UK totalled L5.5 trillion by 2010 (L9-10 trillion if occupational pension rights are included). Inheritance flows are now equivalent to 4 per cent of national income each year. All households in the wealthiest tenth have more than 75 times the wealth of any of those in the bottom tenth. Absolute differences in wealth levels have increased substantially over the last 15 years, so wealth differences represent many more years of income than in the past. This makes them of great importance to life chances. This makes the book highly relevant for public policy, but also for academic and student understanding of a crucial dimension of social difference. As well as bringing together existing information on the area, the book contains considerable new analysis on wealth inequality, inheritance, and their impacts, drawing on work which is at the forefront of recent research.

Glennerster, Howard

Hills, John

Bastagli, Francesca

Karagiannaki, Eleni

McKnight, Abigail

Oxford University Press

Complete mathematical support and numerous real-world examples make this the only text to provide an accessible and engaging overview of microeconomics, without compromising on the technical level. Examples are linked through each individual chapter and throughout the book to enable students to build understanding as they work through each chapter, and then apply what they have learned to other areas of microeconomics. A range of learning features, including mini-problems, theorems, definitions, and end-of-chapter exercises, complement the examples to help students to master advanced principles and techniques. Microeconomics is supported by a range of online resources, including: For registered adopters of the book: · Worked solutions to selected exercises in the book which can be distributed to students to illustrate the steps followed to complete the exercises · Figures from the book: available to download for use in lectures · A complete set of customizable PowerPoint slides to use as the basis for lectures, or as hand-outs in class · A solutions manual for all of the exercises in the book · Figures to accompany the solutions manual

Microeconomics

Microeconomics covers core microeconomic principles using a clear and carefully constructed learning framework. The text provides a solid foundation in microeconomic analysis, using mathematical techniques where appropriate. Students also learn how to apply analytical techniques to a range of economic problems. The text introduces the core concepts and techniques in early chapters, and builds upon these fundamentals throughout later chapters. Each chapter contains comprehensive problem sets and exercises, enabling students to put the theories they have learned into practice. In addition, the book is supported by a companion web site containing supplementary resources for lecturers and students. For lecturers these include PowerPoint slides and answers to the book's many exercises and question sets. Features for students include PowerPoint material designed to aid understanding of graphical arguments used in the text and model answers to some of the exercises.

Measuring Inequality (London School of Economics Perspectives in Economic Analysis)

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? Measuring Inequality tackles these questions and examines the underlying principles of inequality measurement and its relation to welfare economics, distributional analysis, and information theory. The book covers modern theoretical developments in inequality analysis, as well as showing how the way we think about inequality today has been shaped by classic contributions in economics and related disciplines. Formal results and detailed literature discussion are provided in two appendices. The principal points are illustrated in the main text, using examples from US and UK data, as well as other data sources, and associated web materials provide hands-on learning. Measuring Inequality is designed to appeal to both undergraduate and post-graduate students, and academic economists. Its emphasis on practical application means that it will also be useful to policy analysts and advisors.

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? Measuring Inequality tackles these questions and examines the underlying principles of inequality measurement and its relation to welfare economics, distributional analysis, and information theory. The book covers modern theoretical developments in inequality analysis, as well as showing how the way we think about inequality today has been shaped by classic contributions in economics and related disciplines. Formal results and detailed literature discussion are provided in two appendices. The principal points are illustrated in the main text, using examples from U.S. and U.K. data, as well as other data sources, and associated web materials provide hands-on learning. Measuring Inequality is designed to appeal to both undergraduate and post-graduate students, and academic economists. Its emphasis on practical application means that it will also be useful to policy analysts and advisors.

This book examines key issues connected with the distribution of personal wealth in the UK. It examines why wealth is now such an important factor in social differences and public policy. It presents the most recent information on current wealth inequalities and a detailed discussion of trends in the distribution of wealth. It uses newly available data to compare wealth inequalities in the UK with the USA, Canada and Sweden. It uses longitudinal data, which track the same people over time, to examine trajectories in wealth accumulation over the decade to 2005 and inequalities in inheritances over the same period. It looks at how parental wealth levels and people's asset-holdings early in adulthood affect outcomes later in their lives. The final part looks at the way in which policies towards wealth-holding developed historically, and the contradictory ways in which a wide range of public policies relate to people's wealth levels, including through taxation, means-testing, and the encouragement of saving, and discusses what the key issues for policy towards wealth and wealth inequalities now are.Personal wealth in the UK totalled L5.5 trillion by 2010 (L9-10 trillion if occupational pension rights are included). Inheritance flows are now equivalent to 4 per cent of national income each year. All households in the wealthiest tenth have more than 75 times the wealth of any of those in the bottom tenth. Absolute differences in wealth levels have increased substantially over the last 15 years, so wealth differences represent many more years of income than in the past. This makes them of great importance to life chances. This makes the book highly relevant for public policy, but also for academic and student understanding of a crucial dimension of social difference.As well as bringing together existing information on the area, the book contains considerable new analysis on wealth inequality, inheritance and their impacts, drawing on work which is at the forefront of recent research.

What is inequality? In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the subject that has yielded a substantial body of formal tools and results for income-distribution analysis. But does the standard axiomatic structure coincide with public perceptions of inequality? Or is the economist's concept of inequality a thing apart, perpetuated through serial brainwashing in the way the subject is studied and taught? Amiel and Cowell examine the evidence from a large international questionnaire experiment using student respondents. Along with basic "cake-sharing" issues, related questions involving social-welfare rankings, the relationship between inequality and overall income growth and the meaning of poverty comparisons are considered.

Thinking about Inequality: Personal Judgment and Income Distributions

Amiel, Yoram

Cambridge University Press

What is inequality? In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the subject that has yielded a substantial body of formal tools and results for income-distribution analysis. But does the standard axiomatic structure coincide with public perceptions of inequality? Or is the economist's concept of inequality a thing apart, perpetuated through serial brainwashing in the way the subject is studied and taught? Amiel and Cowell examine the evidence from a large international questionnaire experiment using student respondents. Along with basic "cake-sharing" issues, related questions involving social-welfare rankings, the relationship between inequality and overall income growth and the meaning of poverty comparisons are considered.

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Measuring Inequality (Lse Handbooks in Economics Series)

Wealth in the UK: Distribution, Accumulation, and Policy

Microeconomics

Microeconomics

Measuring Inequality (London School of Economics Perspectives in Economic Analysis)

Measuring Inequality (London School of Economics Perspectives in Economic Analysis)

Wealth in the UK: Distribution, Accumulation, and Policy

Thinking about Inequality: Personal Judgment and Income Distributions

Thinking about Inequality: Personal Judgment and Income Distributions

Building Your Digital Utopia: How to Create Digital Brand Experiences That Systematically Accelerate Growth