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This work defines poverty, inequality and social welfare. Previous poverty studies are surveyed and a new index of poverty is developed based on everyday meanings, and stresses the individual and relative nature of poverty. Previous definitions of inequality and welfare are described and the relations between them and poverty are explored. New estimates of poverty are made for Australia. Conclusions are derived from comparisons between measured levels of poverty over time and across family types.

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Author:   David T. Johnson
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co
Edition:   1996 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9783790809428

ISBN 10:   379080942
Pages:   185
Publication Date:   16 July 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I Concepts and Measurement Issues.- 1. Introduction and Outline.- 2. Units of Analysis.- II Poverty.- 3. Approaches to the Measurement of Poverty.- 4. Development of Indexes of Poverty.- 5. A Survey of Australian Studies of Poverty.- 6. New Estimates of Poverty in Australia.- III Inequality and Social Welfare.- 7. Indexes of Inequality.- 8. Measures of Welfare.- 9. New Estimates of Inequality and Social Welfare in Australia.- IV Concluding Comments.- 10. Summary, Problems and Further Work.- Appendices.- Appendices to Chapter 3.- A3.1 Deriving a composite direct index of deprivation.- A3.2 Hagenaars’ derivation of a consensus based poverty line.- Appendices to Chapter 4.- A4.1 Derivation of Sen’s index.- A4.2 Proof of axiomatic properties of the deprivation weighted index of poverty.- A4.3 An approximation used in poverty index decomposition.- A4.4 Proof of an interpretation of the decomposition of Sen-type indexes.- Appendices to Chapter 6.- A6.1 Data sources and preparation.- A6.2 Estimation of a new set of equivalence scales for Australia.- A6.3 Confidence boundaries for survey results.

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