Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-being
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finances
gender studies
health
households
inflation
instability
insurance
life quality
living standards
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national bureau of economic research income and wealth
pensions
policy analysis
retirement
social sciences
society
stability
taxes
uncertainty
well being
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- ISBN 9780226137261
- Weight: 879g
- Dimensions: 17 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 1985
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
