TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amiel,Yoram
AU  - Cowell,Frank A.
TI  - Thinking about inequality: personal judgment and income distributions 
SN  - 0511011326 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HB523 .A45 1999eb
U1  - 339.2 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - Equality
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Revenu
KW  - R�epartition
KW  - In�egalit�e sociale
KW  - Pauvret�e
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Economic Conditions
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Economics
KW  - Macroeconomics
KW  - Inkomensverdeling
KW  - gtt
KW  - Sociale ongelijkheid
KW  - Einkommensverteilung
KW  - swd
KW  - Einkommensunterschied
KW  - Armut
KW  - Selbsteinsch�atzung
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-177) and index; 1; Introduction --; 2; What is inequality? The economists' view --; 3; An investigative strategy --; 4; What is inequality? The students' view --; 5; Income and welfare --; 6; Income change --; 7; Poverty --; 8; A cross-cultural perspective --; 9; Thinking again about inequality --; App. A; Inequality analysis: a summary of concepts and results --; App. B; The questionnaires
N2  - "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."--Jacket
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