A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice

A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice is an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing income or consumption distribution for any standard household dataset using the World Bank'...

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Những tác giả chính: Foster, James, Seth, Suman, Lokshin, Michael, Sajaia, Zurab
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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-563332023-11-11T05:34:08Z A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice Foster, James Seth, Suman Lokshin, Michael Sajaia, Zurab Poverty Inequality Income standard Adept A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice is an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing income or consumption distribution for any standard household dataset using the World Bank's ADePT software. The approach taken here considers income standards as building blocks for basic measurement, then uses them to construct inequality and poverty measures. This unified approach provides advantages in interpreting and contrasting the measures and in understanding the way measures vary over time and space. Several recent initiatives have lowered the cost of accessing household datasets. The ADePT software enables users to analyze microdata from household surveys and other sources and generate print-ready, standardized tables and charts. It can also be used to simulate the impact of economic shocks, cash transfers and other policy instruments on poverty, and inequality. The software automates analysis, helps minimize human errors, and encourages development of new economic analysis methods. Of interest to teachers and students as well as to policy practitioners, 2015-06-15T06:34:42Z 2015-06-15T06:34:42Z 2013 Book 9780821384619 9780821398647 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/56333 en application/pdf World Bank
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topic Poverty
Inequality
Income standard
Adept
spellingShingle Poverty
Inequality
Income standard
Adept
Foster, James
Seth, Suman
Lokshin, Michael
Sajaia, Zurab
A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice
description A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice is an introduction to the theory and practice of measuring poverty and inequality, as well as a user's guide for analyzing income or consumption distribution for any standard household dataset using the World Bank's ADePT software. The approach taken here considers income standards as building blocks for basic measurement, then uses them to construct inequality and poverty measures. This unified approach provides advantages in interpreting and contrasting the measures and in understanding the way measures vary over time and space. Several recent initiatives have lowered the cost of accessing household datasets. The ADePT software enables users to analyze microdata from household surveys and other sources and generate print-ready, standardized tables and charts. It can also be used to simulate the impact of economic shocks, cash transfers and other policy instruments on poverty, and inequality. The software automates analysis, helps minimize human errors, and encourages development of new economic analysis methods. Of interest to teachers and students as well as to policy practitioners,
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author Foster, James
Seth, Suman
Lokshin, Michael
Sajaia, Zurab
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Lokshin, Michael
Sajaia, Zurab
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title A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice
title_short A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice
title_full A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice
title_fullStr A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice
title_full_unstemmed A Unified Approach to Measuring Poverty and Inequality: Theory and Practice
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url https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/56333
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