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Poverty, Inequality and Social Welfare in Australia

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  1. David Thomas Johnson

    1. Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Concepts and Measurement Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction and Outline

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      Pages 3-8

    3. Units of Analysis

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      Pages 9-19

  3. Poverty

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Approaches to the Measurement of Poverty

      • David Thomas Johnson
      Pages 23-35

    3. Development of Indexes of Poverty

      • David Thomas Johnson
      Pages 37-50

    4. A Survey of Australian Studies of Poverty

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      Pages 51-61

    5. New Estimates of Poverty in Australia

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      Pages 63-81

  4. Inequality and Social Welfare

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Indexes of Inequality

      • David Thomas Johnson
      Pages 85-100

    3. Measures of Welfare

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      Pages 101-120

  5. Concluding Comments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Summary, Problems and Further Work

      • David Thomas Johnson
      Pages 139-147

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 149-185
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About this book

Poverty, inequality and social welfare are defined in this book. Previous poverty studies are surveyed and a new index of poverty is developed based on everyday meanings, and stressing the individual and relative nature of poverty. Previous definitions of inequality and welfare are described and the relations between them and poverty are explored. New estimates of poverty are made for Australia. Conclusions are derived from comparisons between measured levels of poverty over time and across family types. Previous Australian studies of inequality and welfare are surveyed and new estimates are made for Australia for recent years.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

    David Thomas Johnson

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Poverty, Inequality and Social Welfare in Australia

  • Authors: David Thomas Johnson

  • Series Title: Contributions to Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12729-2

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-0942-8Published: 16 July 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-12729-2Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1933

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7178

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 185

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science

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