On economic inequality
by
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Title
:
On economic inequality
Author
:
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
ISBN
:
9780198281931
9780198292975
Personal Author
:
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Edition
:
Enl. ed., with a substantial annexe "On economic inequality after a quarter century" / James Foster and Amartya Kumar Sen.
Publication Information
:
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Physical Description
:
xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
General Note
:
Originally published: 1973. (Radcliffe lectures ; 1972).
Contents
:
1. Welfare Economics, Utilitarianism, and Equity -- 2. Measures of Inequality -- 3. Inequality as a Quasi-Ordering -- 4. Work, Needs, and Inequality -- Annexe: 'On Economic Inequality after a Quarter Century' / James Foster and Amartya Sen.
Abstract
:
This book, first published in 1973, presents a systematic treatment of the conceptual framework as well as the practical problems of measurement of inequality. Alternative approaches are evaluated in terms of their philosophical assumptions, economic content, and statistical requirements.
Subject Term
:
Welfare economics.
Equality.
Added Author
:
Foster, James E. (James Eric), 1955- On economic inequality after a quarter century.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015677756 | 339.2 S474.O 1997 | 1 |
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015677749 | 339.2 S474.O 1997 | 2 |