Analyzing multidimensional well-being : a quantitative approach /
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| Author / Creator: | Chakravarty, Satya R., author. |
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| Imprint: | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018. ©2018 |
| Description: | xvi, 319 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11374028 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Endorsements
- 1. Well-Being as a Multidimensional Phenomenon
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Income as a Dimension of Well-Being and Some Related Aggregations
- 1.3. Scales of Measurement: A Brief Exposition
- 1.4. Preliminaries for Multidimensional Welfare Analysis
- 1.5. The Dashboard Approach and Weights on Dimensional Metrics in a Composite Index
- 1.6. Multidimensional Welfare Function Axioms
- 1.6.1. Invariance Axioms
- 1.6.2. Distributional Axioms
- 1.7. Multidimensional Welfare Functions
- 1.8. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 2. An Overview of Multidimensional Economic Inequality
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. A Review of One-Dimensional Measurement
- 2.2.1. Normative One-Dimensional Inequality Indices
- 2.2.2. Subgroup-Decomposable Indices of Inequality
- 2.3. Multidimensional Inequality Indices
- 2.3.1. The Direct Approach
- 2.3.1.1. Axioms for a Multidimensional Inequality Index
- 2.3.1.2. Examples of Indices
- 2.3.2. The Inclusive Measure of Well-being Approach
- 2.4. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 3. A Synthesis of Multidimensional Poverty
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. A Brief Review of One-Dimensional Analysis
- 3.3. Preliminaries for Multidimensional Poverty Analysis
- 3.4. Identification of the Poor and Deprivation Counting
- 3.5. Axioms for a Multidimensional Poverty Metric
- 3.5.1. Invariance Axioms
- 3.5.2. Distributional Axioms
- 3.5.3. Decomposability Axioms
- 3.5.4. Threshold Limit Sensitivity Axiom
- 3.5.5. Technical Axioms
- 3.6. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
- 3.6.1. The Dashboard Approach
- 3.6.2. The Direct Approach
- 3.6.3. The Inclusive Measure of Well-being Approach
- 3.7. Multidimensional Poverty Orderings
- 3.7.1. A Brief Outline of One-Dimensional Orderings
- 3.7.2. Multidimensional Orderings
- 3.8. Dimensions of Well-Being with Ordinal Significance and Multidimensional Poverty
- 3.9. Orderings Based on Deprivations Counts
- 3.10. Multidimensional Material Deprivation
- 3.11. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 4. Fuzzy Set Approaches to the Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Fuzzy Membership Function
- 4.3. Axioms for a Fuzzy Multidimensional Poverty Index
- 4.3.1. Invariance Axioms
- 4.3.1.1. Fuzzy Strong Ratio-Scale Invariance
- 4.3.1.2. Fuzzy Strong Translation-Scale Invariance
- 4.3.1.3. Fuzzy Weak Focus
- 4.3.1.4. Fuzzy Strong Focus
- 4.3.1.5. Fuzzy Symmetry
- 4.3.1.6. Fuzzy Population Replication Invariance
- 4.3.2. Distributional Axioms
- 4.3.2.1. Fuzzy Monotonicity
- 4.3.2.2. Fuzzy Monotonicity Sensitivity
- 4.3.2.3. Fuzzy Dimensional Monotonicity
- 4.3.2.4. Fuzzy Transfer
- 4.3.2.5. Increasing Fuzzy Poverty under Correlation-Increasing Switch
- 4.3.3. Decomposability Axioms
- 4.3.3.1. Fuzzy Subgroup Decomposability
- 4.3.3.2. Fuzzy Factor Decomposability
- 4.3.4. Fuzzy Sensitivity Axiom
- 4.3.4.1. Increasing Fuzzy Poverty for Increased Membership Function
- 4.3.5. Technical Axioms
- 4.3.5.1. Fuzzy Boundedness
- 4.3.5.2. Fuzzy Continuity
- 4.4. Fuzzy Multidimensional Poverty Indices
- 4.5. Fuzzy Poverty Orderings
- 4.6. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 5. Poverty and Time: A Multidimensional Appraisal
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Preliminaries
- 5.3. The Block Approach
- 5.3.1. Individual Multidimensional Intertemporal Poverty Index
- 5.3.2. Aggregate Multidimensional Intertemporal Poverty Index
- 5.3.3. A Review of Some Related One-Dimensional Proposals
- 5.4. An Exploration of the Counting Approaches to Multidimensional Intertemporal Deprivations
- 5.5. The Multidimensional Duration Approach
- 5.5.1. A Review of One-Dimensional Duration-Reliant Offers
- 5.5.2. Axioms for a Chronic Multidimensional Poverty Quantifier
- 5.5.3. The Bourguignon-Chakravarty Approach to Chronic Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
- 5.6. Intertemporal Poverty Orderings
- 5.7. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 6. Vulnerability to Poverty: A Multidimensional Evaluation
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. A Review of One-Dimensional Measurement
- 6.3. Multidimensional Representation of Vulnerability to Poverty: An Axiomatic Investigation
- 6.4. Concluding Remarks
- References
- 7. An Exploration of Some Composite and Individualistic Indices
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Human Development Index
- 7.3. Human Poverty Index
- 7.4. Gender Inequality Index
- 7.5. Better Life Index
- 7.6. Active Citizenship Composite Index
- 7.7. Measuring Human Opportunity: A Counting Approach
- 7.8. Assessment of Progress toward Achievements in Millennium Development Goals
- 7.9. Air Quality Index
- 7.10. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
