Social Welfare Functions and Development Measurement and Policy Applications

Social Welfare Functions and Development Measurement and Policy Applications / by Nanak Kakwani, Hyun Hwa Son.

Nanak Kakwani and Hyu Hwa Son make use of social welfare functions to derive indicators of development relevant to specific social objectives, such as poverty- and inequality-reduction. Arguing that the measurement of development cannot be value-free, the authors assert that if indicators of develop...

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Main Authors: Kakwani, Nanak (Author), Son, Hyun Hwa (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Development economics.
Econometrics.
Welfare economics.
Public policy.
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