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Thinking about Inequality: Personal Judgment and Income Distributions

By Yoram Amiel , Frank Cowell

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0521461316, 9780521461313, 9780511011320
Open Library ID
OL15473733M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
804 kB (823465 bytes)
Pages
196\196
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

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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