Research Handbook on Poverty and Inequality. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Udaya R. Wagle.
• Editors: Wagle, Udaya R
• Contents: Contents: Preface xiv 1 Introduction to poverty and inequality 1 Udaya R. Wagle PART I CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORKS 2 Poverty measurement: Evolving concepts and measurement frameworks 15 Udaya R. Wagle 3 Absolute and relative income poverty measurement: a survey 36 Benoit Decerf 4 Cumulative deprivation: identification and aggregation 52 Koen Decancq 5 Concepts and measurements of economic inequality 68 Udaya R. Wagle 6 Feminist approaches to poverty and gender inequality 88 Randy Albelda PART II MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS 7 Are women poorer? A cross-country analysis of gender differentials in multidimensional poverty 103 Francesco Burchi and Daniele Malerba 8 Trends in multidimensional poverty in Latin America 118 María Emma Santos 9 Examination of the effects of variation in the measurement of multidimensional poverty in the United States 138 Roger White and Lindley Lee-Niegas 10 Multidimensional poverty in Hong Kong: measurements and implications 172 Siu Ming Chan 11 Poverty, social mobility, and the middle class: evidence from South Africa 186 Simone Schotte 12 Multidimensional poverty in India: a regional level analysis in the context of Sustainable Development Goals 205 Pinaki Das, Bibek Paria, and Shama Firdaush 13 Consistent, dense measures of inequality using grouped data: a global approach 224 James Galbraith and Jaehee Choi 14 The possible impact of changes in demography on economic inequality in Europe 245 M. Azhar Hussain and Bent Greve 15 Workers' social capital and employment outcomes: the case of MENA countries 261 Jieun Lee and Vladimir Hlasny 16 Determinants of intimate partner violence in Nepal 282 Alice Louise Kassens 17 The dynamics of poverty and inequality in Chile and Honduras over the past three decades 305 Carlos Villalobos PART III POLICY APPLICATIONS AND OUTCOMES 18 Social protection, poverty, and inequality: global patterns and changes 323 Udaya R. Wagle 19 Social assistance in low- and middle-income countries 350 Armando Barrientos 20 Poverty and inequality in European welfare states 367 Bent Greve 21 Poverty in Mexico: trends, determinants, and policies 378 Jorge Garza-Rodriguez 22 Is growth pro-poor or pro-rich? The role of national pro-poor targeted programmes in Vietnam 392 Phuc Van Phan and Martin O'Brien 23 Practices of microfinance and poverty reduction in Bangladesh 408 Mohammad Shahjahan Chowdhury 24 Income and energy usage in developing economies: using the case of Ghana 422 Kenneth Ofori-Boateng, Williams Ohemeng, Innocent Tetteh, and Elvis Kwame Agyapong 25 International migration for poverty alleviation? The neoliberal element in the debates on migration for development and poverty alleviation 439 Meltem Yılmaz Şener 26 Measuring the extra cost of disability: approaches, challenges, and prospects 453 Vickie L. Edwards 27 Concluding observations 467 Udaya R. Wagle Index 471.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (504 pages)
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness; Poverty & unemployment; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Social discrimination; Social welfare & social services; Reference works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800882300; 1800882300
• Related ISBNs: 9781800882294
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