essays in development and applied measurement Jayaraj, D. Prof creator Subramanian, S. (Professor) text bibliography enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2010 monographic eng

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xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Addresses the ability to measure the categories of poverty, inequality, and population; the role of measurement in social explanation; and the philosophical bases of measurement-related judgments. Out of school and (probably) in work : child labour and capability deprivation in India -- Poverty-eradication through redistributive taxation : some elementary considerations -- Poverty and discrimination : measurement and evidence from rural India -- Horizontal and vertical inequality : some interconnections and indicators -- The distribution of household wealth in India -- Comparing the age structures of populations -- Assessing the 'agedness' of a population -- Assessing the 'femaleness' of a population -- Women's well-being and the sex ratio at birth : some suggestive evidence from India -- The well-being implications of a change in the sex-ratio of a population -- Manufacturing hysteria : on census-inspired 'nationalism' -- Abusing demography. D. Jayaraj, S. Subramanian. Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-298). a-ii--- Economic development Economic development Social aspects Poverty India Equality India Population Statistics HC440.P6 J39 2010 338.9 JAP 9780198067948 (hbk.) 0198067941 (hbk.) 2010347792 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010347792-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010347792-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010347792-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010347792-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010347792-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2010347792-b.html UKM 110119 20160526172718.0 16615749