| Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-Being: Volume 50 Contributor(s): David, Martin (Editor), Smeeding, Timothy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226137260 ISBN-13: 9780226137261 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1985 Annotation: The result of a National Bureau of Economic Research Income and Wealth conference held in December 1983, this volume looks at the concept of "economic well-being" and the ways that analysts have tried to measure it. In addition to income, economists have begun to consider such factors as pensions, wealth, health, and environment when measuring the well-being of a particular group. They have also begun to measure how consumers respond, successfully or unsuccessfully, to such economic uncertainties as inflation, divorce, and retirement. Using new data and techniques, the contributors to this book concentrate on issues of uncertainty and horizontal equity (the equal treatment of individuals within a defined group). Their work points to better ways of determining how various groups in a society are faring relative to other groups. Economists and policy analysts, therefore, will be in a better position to determine how government programs should be applied when well-being is used as a test. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics - Political Science |
| Dewey: 339.470 |
| LCCN: 85005879 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and W |
| Physical Information: 1.41" H x 6.35" W x 9.33" (1.90 lbs) 531 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The result of a National Bureau of Economic Research Income and Wealth conference held in December 1983, this volume looks at the concept of economic well-being and the ways that analysts have tried to measure it. In addition to income, economists have begun to consider such factors as pensions, wealth, health, and environment when measuring the well-being of a particular group. They have also begun to measure how consumers respond, successfully or unsuccessfully, to such economic uncertainties as inflation, divorce, and retirement. Using new data and techniques, the contributors to this book concentrate on issues of uncertainty and horizontal equity (the equal treatment of individuals within a defined group). Their work points to better ways of determining how various groups in a society are faring relative to other groups. Economists and policy analysts, therefore, will be in a better position to determine how government programs should be applied when well-being is used as a test. |