TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jayaraj,D.
AU  - Subramanian,S.
TI  - Poverty, inequality, and population: essays in development and applied measurement 
SN  - 9780198067948 (hbk.)
AV  - HC440.P6 J39 2010
U1  - 338.9 JAY/Pov 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford, New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Poverty
KW  - India
KW  - Equality
KW  - Population
KW  - Statistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-298); Out of school and (probably) in work : child labour and capability deprivation in India -- Poverty-eradication through redistributive taxation : some elementary considerations -- Poverty and discrimination : measurement and evidence from rural India -- Horizontal and vertical inequality : some interconnections and indicators -- The distribution of household wealth in India -- Comparing the age structures of populations -- Assessing the 'agedness' of a population -- Assessing the 'femaleness' of a population -- Women's well-being and the sex ratio at birth : some suggestive evidence from India -- The well-being implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population -- Manufacturing hysteria : on census-inspired 'nationalism' -- Abusing demography
N2  - Addresses the ability to measure the categories of poverty, inequality, and population; the role of measurement in social explanation; and the philosophical bases of measurement-related judgments
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010347792-t.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010347792-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010347792-b.html
ER  -