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The subjects of poverty, inequality, and population are integral to the study of human development. Poverty and taxation, distribution of wealth and deprivation, the nexus between poverty and child labour, age- and sex-composition of the population are all significant questions that demand both rigorous measurement and careful analysis in the assessment of a society's process of development. The ability to obtain meaningful answers to these questions is frequently determined by the ability to measure the categories of poverty, inequality and population. What is required is both conceptual clarity and empirical relevance. This combination of the formal elements of measurement and the substantive elements of development is a key feature of this book.

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Author:   D. Jayaraj ,  Dr. S. Subramanian
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9780198067948

ISBN 10:   0198067941
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   30 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 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;; BIBLIOGRAPHY

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D. Jayaraj, Professor of Economics, Madras Institute of Development Studies, S. Subramanian, Professor of Economics, Madras Institute of Development Studies.

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