Multilateral Wellbeing Comparison in a Many Dimensioned World : Ordering and Ranking Collections of Groups /: Ordering and Ranking Collections of Groups. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gordon Anderson.
• Authors: Anderson, Gordon
• Contents: Chapter 1: Measuring the Wellbeing of Groupsi. The Social Welfare Functionii. The Benthamite (Utilitarian) Traditioniii. The Pigou-Daltonian Principle: 'Inequality is a Bad Thing'iv. Polarizationv. Social Exclusionvi. Equality of Opportunityvii. The Rawlsian Principle and the Focus on Povertyviii. What to Do Now?Chapter 2: Statistical Mattersi. Introductionii. Probability Distributionsiii. Parametric and Non-Parametric Distributionsiv. Kernel Estimationv. Stochastic Dominance Relationsvi. Comparing Distributionsvi. The Test Inconsistency Problem Chapter 3: Complete Orderings: Index Types and the Ambiguity Problemi. Introductionii. Indices for The Level of Wellbeingiii. Some Unit Free Inequality Measuresiv. Inequality Adjusted Wellbeing Levelsv. Polarization Measures vi. Multivariate Polarization Indicesvii. Poverty Measurementviii. Equal Opportunity and Mobility Indicesix. Exploring the Impact of Ambiguity Chapter 4: Partial Orderingsi. Introductionii. Stochastic Dominance Criteriaiii. On Restricting the Criterion Spaceiv. Stochastic Dominance and Inequality Orderingsv. Stochastic Dominance and Poverty Orderingsvi. Stochastic Dominance and Polarization vii. The Problem of Ambiguity and Conditions for its Absenceviii. Determination of Ambiguity Groupings: Non-Ambiguity Cuts and Groupsix. Tools for Ordering Groups and Quantifying Their Differences Chapter 5: Comparing Latent Subgroupsi. Introductionii. Semi-Parametric Mixture Distributionsiii. The Probability of Class Membership of an Agent with an Income xiv. Estimating the Modelv. Determining the Number of Classesvi. Studying the Probability of Class Membershipvii. Comparing the Subgroups Chapter 6: Ambiguity Comparability Segmentation and All Thati. Introductionii. An 'Absence of Ambiguity' Criteriaiii. Dealing with Ambiguity with Two Groupsiv. Two Ambiguity Indicesv. Ambiguity in inequality measuresvi. Determination of Ambiguity Groupings: Un-Ambiguous Cuts and Groupsvii. An Empirical Applicationviii. Conclusions Chapter 7: Some Applicationsi. Introductionii. An Example of Canadian Unidimensional Income Distribution Analysisiii. A Multidimensional Equal Opportunity Example: German Educational Attainmentiv. An Example in Portfolio Choicev. A Study of Net Crop Returns and Access to Land in Sub Sahara African Irrigation Schemesvi. A Multidimensional Human Development Example.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (205 pages)
• Subjects: Economics; Management science; Labor economics; Econometrics; Health economics; Business & Economics -- Econometrics; Business & Economics -- Education; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Econometrics; Economics; Health economics; Business & Economics -- Labor; Labour economics; Education-Economic aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030211301
• Related ISBNs: 9783030211295
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