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Poverty, inequality, and population : essays in development and applied measurement / D. Jayaraj and S. Subramanian.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: xvi, 298 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780198067948 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9 JAY
Contents:
Introduction; 1. Out of school and (probably) in work : child labour and capability deprivation in India; 2. Poverty-eradication through redistributive taxation : some elementary considerations; 3. Poverty and discrimination : measurement and evidence from rural India; 4. Horizontal and vertical inequality : some interconnections and indicators; 5. The distribution of household wealth in India; 6. Comparing the age structures of populations; 7. Assessing the 'agedness' of a population; 8. Assessing the 'femaleness' of a population; 9. Women's well-being and the sex ratio at birth : some suggestive evidence from India; 10. The well-being implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population; 11. Manufacturing hysteria : on census-inspired 'nationalism'; 12. Abusing demography;
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Introduction; 1. Out of school and (probably) in work : child labour and capability deprivation in India; 2. Poverty-eradication through redistributive taxation : some elementary considerations; 3. Poverty and discrimination : measurement and evidence from rural India; 4. Horizontal and vertical inequality : some interconnections and indicators; 5. The distribution of household wealth in India; 6. Comparing the age structures of populations; 7. Assessing the 'agedness' of a population; 8. Assessing the 'femaleness' of a population; 9. Women's well-being and the sex ratio at birth : some suggestive evidence from India; 10. The well-being implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population; 11. Manufacturing hysteria : on census-inspired 'nationalism'; 12. Abusing demography;