The Measurement of Household Welfare by R W Blundell

The Measurement of Household Welfare by R W Blundell

The measurement of household welfare is one of the most compelling yet demanding areas in economics. To place the analysis of inequality and poverty within an economic framework where individuals are making decisions about current and lifetime incomes and expenditures is a difficult task, made all the more challenging by the complexity of the decision-making process in which households are involved and the variety of constraints they face. This 1994 book examines the conceptual and practical difficulties of making inferences from observed behaviour. It addresses the problems of making comparisons across a range of very different households and discusses how data for such comparisons should be collected. The contributions, from experts from Europe, North America and Australia, have the unifying theme that there is a strong relationship between theoretical concepts from microeconomics and the appropriate use of micro data in evaluating household welfare.

Ian W.Walker works for the Scottish Office as a Civil Servant, but his true interest is history. He's also the author of Mercia and the Making of England, as well as Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King, which was nominated for the History Today Book of the Year.

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ISBN 13	9780521451956
ISBN 10	0521451957
Title	The Measurement of Household Welfare
Author	R W Blundell
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1994-09-15
Number of pages	294
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