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Book Noncash Income  Equivalence Scales  and the Measurement of Economic Well being

Download or read book Noncash Income Equivalence Scales and the Measurement of Economic Well being written by Daniel B. Radner and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Noncash Income  Equivalence Scales  and the Measurement of Economic Well Being

Download or read book Noncash Income Equivalence Scales and the Measurement of Economic Well Being written by Daniel B. Radner and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little attention has been paid to the importance of consistency between the specifications of the income and the equivalence scales used in measuring economic well-being when noncash income is included in the definition of income. This article finds that inconsistency between the income and needs sides of a comparison can be important when some types of noncash income are included. An upward bias in the measured economic status of the aged when Medicare is included in income and an ordinary equivalence scale is used is presented as an example of the important effects of this consistency problem.

Book Noncash Income  Equivalence Scales  and the Measurement of Economic Well Being

Download or read book Noncash Income Equivalence Scales and the Measurement of Economic Well Being written by Daniel B. Radner and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic well-being of subgroups of the population usually is measured by comparing resources and needs. The measure of resources often includes noncash income. Equivalence scales are used to adjust for differential needs. Little attention, however, has been paid to the desirability of consistency between the specifications of the resources and the equivalence scales in these comparisons. This exploratory paper suggests that a lack of consistency between the definitions used on the income and the needs sides can be important for the assessment of the economic well-being of subgroups when some types of noncash income are included in the definition of income. The measured economic status of the aged in the United States when Medicare noncash income is included in the definition of income is used as an example of this consistency problem. Some previous estimates have used equivalence scales that probably understated the relative needs of the aged by omitting needs associated with Medicare. The measured economic well-being of the aged relative to that of other age groups could be overestimated substantially as a result of this consistency problem. The basic problem is not confined to the treatment of Medicare or to the United States, but is much broader in nature.

Book Counting the Poor

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  • Author : Douglas J. Besharov
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2012-06-15
  • ISBN : 0199860599
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Counting the Poor written by Douglas J. Besharov and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poverty rate is one of the most visible ways in which nations measure the economic well-being of their low-income citizens. To gauge whether a person is poor, European states often focus on a person's relative position in the income distribution to measure poverty while the United States looks at a fixed-income threshold that represents a lower relative standing in the overall distribution to gauge. In Europe, low income is perceived as only one aspect of being socially excluded, so that examining other relative dimensions of family and individual welfare is important. This broad emphasis on relative measures of well-being that extend into non-pecuniary aspects of people's lives does not always imply that more people would ultimately be counted as poor. This is particularly true if one must be considered poor in multiple dimensions to be considered poor, in sharp contrast to the American emphasis on income as the sole dimension. With contributions from the world's foremost authorities on income and social measurement, the book provides detailed discussions of specific issues from a European perspective followed by commentary from American observers. The volume considers (1) current standards of poverty measurement in the European Union and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, (2) challenges in extending those measures to account for the value of the provision of in-kind and cash benefits from the government, (3) the interaction of poverty measures with social assistance, (4) non-income but monetary measures of poverty, and (5) multi-dimensional measures of poverty. The result is a definitive reference for poverty researchers and policymakers seeking to disengage politics from measurement.

Book Increasing Income Inequality in the Nordics

Download or read book Increasing Income Inequality in the Nordics written by Rolf Aaberge and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions document how income inequality in the Nordics in various dimensions have increased over recent decades. These developments are put in an international context. Developments in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are compared. Important aspects analysed in detail are overall inequality of both market and disposable incomes, the redistribution through the tax and transfer system as well as through the provision of government welfare services, the importance of demographic factors, the developments of both relative poverty and top income shares, and gender inequality.

Book Family Unit Incomes of the Elderly and Children  1994

Download or read book Family Unit Incomes of the Elderly and Children 1994 written by Daniel B. Radner and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handbook of Income Distribution

Download or read book Handbook of Income Distribution written by Anthony B. Atkinson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 2370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What new theories, evidence, explanations, and policies have shaped our studies of income distribution in the 21st century? Editors Tony Atkinson and Francois Bourguignon assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In two volumes they address subjects that were not covered in Volume 1 (2000), such as education, health and experimental economics; and subjects that were covered but where there have been substantial new developments, such as the historical study of income inequality and globalization. Some chapters discuss future growth areas, such as inheritance, the links between inequality and macro-economics and finance, and the distributional implications of climate change. They also update empirical advances and major changes in the policy environment. - The volumes define and organize key areas of income distribution studies - Contributors focus on identifying newly developing questions and opportunities for future research - The authoritative articles emphasize the ways that income mobility and inequality studies have recently gained greater political significance

Book OECD Handbook on the Compilation of Household Distributional Results on Income  Consumption and Saving in Line with National Accounts Totals

Download or read book OECD Handbook on the Compilation of Household Distributional Results on Income Consumption and Saving in Line with National Accounts Totals written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication presents guidance for the compilation of distributional results on household income, consumption and saving consistent with national accounts totals.

Book Poverty and Equity

Download or read book Poverty and Equity written by Jean-Yves Duclos and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2006-06-28 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text addresses the understanding and alleviation of poverty, inequality, and inequity using a unique and broad mix of concepts, measurement methods, statistical tools, software, and practical exercises. Part I discusses basic fundamental issues of well-being and poverty measurement. Part II develops an integrated framework for measuring poverty, social welfare, inequality, vertical equity, horizontal equity, and redistribution. Part III presents and develops recent methods for testing the robustness of distributive rankings. Part IV discusses ways of using policy to alleviate poverty, improve welfare, increase equity, and assess the impact of growth. Part V applies the tools to real data. Most of the book’s measurement and statistical tools have been programmed in DAD, a well established and widely available free software program that has been tailored especially for income distribution analysis and is used by scholars, researchers, and analysts in nearly 100 countries worldwide. It requires basic understanding of calculus and statistics. Abdelkrim Araar and Jean-Yves Duclos teach economics at Université Laval in Québec City.

Book The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation

Download or read book The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation written by D. Papadimitriou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-05-26 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the distributional consequences of the public sector and examines and documents, theoretically and empirically, the effects of government spending and taxation on personal distribution, and includes chapters investigating the relationship between the public sector and functional distribution of national income.

Book Social Security Bulletin

Download or read book Social Security Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Economics of Retirement

Download or read book The Economics of Retirement written by Michael Victor Leonesio and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lifetime Redistribution Under the Social Security Program

Download or read book Lifetime Redistribution Under the Social Security Program written by Dean R. Leimer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of Economic Literature

Download or read book Journal of Economic Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: