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Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves
Duangkamon . Ed(S): Chotikapanich
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Description for Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves
Hardback. The parameterization of income distributions using Lorenz Curves is a useful technique to analyze the characteristics of income inequality within a given population. This book brings together classic papers in the field including cutting-edge contributions. Editor(s): Chotikapanich, Duangkamon. Series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being. Num Pages: 322 pages, 41 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote in the Preface to his famous Discourse on Inequality that “I consider the subject of the following discourse as one of the most interesting questions philosophy can propose, and unhappily for us, one of the most thorny that philosophers can have to solve. For how shall we know the source of inequality between men, if we do not begin by knowing mankind?” (Rousseau, 1754). This citation of Rousseau appears in an article in Spanish where Dagum (2001), in the memory of whom this book is published, also cites Socrates who said that the only useful knowledge is ... Read more
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote in the Preface to his famous Discourse on Inequality that “I consider the subject of the following discourse as one of the most interesting questions philosophy can propose, and unhappily for us, one of the most thorny that philosophers can have to solve. For how shall we know the source of inequality between men, if we do not begin by knowing mankind?” (Rousseau, 1754). This citation of Rousseau appears in an article in Spanish where Dagum (2001), in the memory of whom this book is published, also cites Socrates who said that the only useful knowledge is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
Series
Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387727561
SKU
V9780387727561
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Reviews for Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves
From the reviews: “Chotikapanich has done an excellent job in her introduction to the volume of describing each paper’s content in a substantive way. … This is an excellent book and I recommend it strongly to anyone interested in this field and urge you to read it. … all these papers are interesting, all … were innovative and expanded ... Read more