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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books Case studies |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Kuklys, Wiebke. Amartya Sen's capability approach. Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2005 (DLC) 2005927144 (OCoLC)61219183 |
| Named Person: | Amartya Sen |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Wiebke Kuklys |
| ISBN: | 3540261982 9783540261988 3540280839 9783540280835 |
| OCLC Number: | 62706071 |
| Notes: | Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, Cambridge University. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 116 p.) |
| Contents: | Introduction; Sen's Capability Approach to Welfare Economics; The Measurement of Functionings Achievement: Structural Equation Models as an Alternative; Functionings-Based vs. Income-Based Inequality Measures: Informational Content and Robustness; A Monetary Approach to Capability Measurement of the Disabled in the UK. |
| Series Title: | Studies in choice and welfare. |
| Responsibility: | Wiebke Kuklys. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Examines how Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen's approach to welfare measurement can be put in practice for poverty and inequality measurement in affluent societies such as the UK. This book argues that an individual's welfare should not be measured in terms of income, but in terms of capabilities.
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