Pundarik Mukhopadhaya

Income Inequality in Singapore

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

1. The book will help researchers who are interested on the concerpts and measurement of income inequality and social welfare. 2. Very few books cover issues of income inequality on Singapore, the tiger economy of Southeast Asia. It will be useful for those who wish to learn implications of policies in Singapore and its trends and pattern

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780415504898
• ISBN-10: 0415504899
• Artikelnr.: 34007821

Autorenporträt

Pundarik Mukhopadhaya is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Macquarie University, Australia. Dr Mukhopadhaya has published widely on income distribution analysis and various other issues in development economics. Some of his major publications have appeared in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Researches on Economic Inequality, Advances in Econometrics, Applied Economics, Journal on Income Distribution, Journal of Asian Economics, Asian Economics Journal, Journal of World Investment and Trade, Netherlands International Law Review, Oxford Development Studies and Economic Record. Dr Mukhopadhaya has also provided consultancy to UNESCO, the World Bank and WHO.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Income Inequality a General Discussion 3. Income
Inequality Trends in Singapore 4. Educational Development and Income
Inequality 5. Income Differences: the Gender Dimension 6. Inequality, Older
Women and Necessity for Social Security 7. Trend in Equity and Efficiency
Trade-off in Singapore 8. Conclusion