Thinking about Inequality: Personal Judgment and Income Distributions
Yoram Amiel, Frank Cowell
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.
Рік:
2000
Видавництво:
Cambridge University Press
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
196
ISBN 10:
0511011326
ISBN 13:
9780521461313
Файл:
PDF, 804 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2000