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OverviewThis book addresses the disparities that arise when measuring and modeling societal behavior and progress across the social sciences. It looks at why and how different disciplines and even researchers can use the same data and yet come to different conclusions about equality of opportunity, economic and social mobility, poverty and polarization, and conflict and segregation. Because societal behavior and progress exist only in the context of other key aspects, modeling becomes exponentially more complex as more of these aspects are factored into considerations. The content of this book transcends disciplinary boundaries, providing valuable information on measuring and modeling to economists, sociologists, and political scientists who are interested in data-based analysis of pressing social issues. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gordon AndersonPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2019 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783030211325ISBN 10: 3030211320 Pages: 205 Publication Date: 23 September 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Measuring the Wellbeing of Groups i. The Social Welfare Function ii. The Benthamite (Utilitarian) Tradition iii. The Pigou-Daltonian Principle: “Inequality is a Bad Thing” iv. Polarization v. Social Exclusion vi. Equality of Opportunity vii. The Rawlsian Principle and the Focus on Poverty viii. What to Do Now? Chapter 2: Statistical Matters i. Introduction ii. Probability Distributions iii. Parametric and Non-Parametric Distributions iv. Kernel Estimation v. Stochastic Dominance Relations vi. Comparing Distributions vi. The Test Inconsistency Problem Chapter 3: Complete Orderings: Index Types and the Ambiguity Problem i. Introduction ii. Indices for The Level of Wellbeing iii. Some Unit Free Inequality Measures iv. Inequality Adjusted Wellbeing Levels v. Polarization Measures vi. Multivariate Polarization Indices vii. Poverty Measurement viii. Equal Opportunity and Mobility Indices ix. Exploring the Impact of Ambiguity Chapter 4: Partial Orderings i. Introduction ii. Stochastic Dominance Criteria iii. On Restricting the Criterion Space iv. Stochastic Dominance and Inequality Orderings v. Stochastic Dominance and Poverty Orderings vi. Stochastic Dominance and Polarization vii. The Problem of Ambiguity and Conditions for its Absence viii. Determination of Ambiguity Groupings: Non-Ambiguity Cuts and Groups ix. Tools for Ordering Groups and Quantifying Their Differences Chapter 5: Comparing Latent Subgroups i. Introduction ii. Semi-Parametric Mixture Distributions iii. The Probability of Class Membership of an Agent with an Income x iv. Estimating the Model v. Determining the Number of Classes vi. Studying the Probability of Class Membership vii. Comparing the Subgroups Chapter 6: Ambiguity Comparability Segmentation and All That i. Introduction ii. An “Absence of Ambiguity” Criteria iii. Dealing with Ambiguity with Two Groups iv. Two Ambiguity Indices v. Ambiguity in inequality measures vi. Determination of Ambiguity Groupings: Un-Ambiguous Cuts and Groups vii. An Empirical Application viii. Conclusions Chapter 7: Some Applications i. Introduction ii. An Example of Canadian Unidimensional Income Distribution Analysis iii. A Multidimensional Equal Opportunity Example: German Educational Attainment iv. An Example in Portfolio Choice v. A Study of Net Crop Returns and Access to Land in Sub Sahara African Irrigation Schemes vi. A Multidimensional Human Development ExampleReviewsAuthor InformationGordon Anderson is a member of the Governing Councils and Editorial Boards of The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, and ECINEQ (Society for the Study of Economic Inequality). He has held Chair positions at the University of Toronto and was also a Professor at McMaster University, both in Canada. He received the Bowley Prize in 1983 and the Sayers Prize in 1984, the Journal of Applied Econometrics' Distinguished Author Award in 2004, and the Connaught Senior Research Fellowship in 2005 and is a Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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