Providing extensive surveys on the most recently developed themes
of individual and social well-being, this Handbook offers a
comprehensive treatment of less traditional approaches to empirical
and theoretical research. The novel complementary perspective by
which each topic is addressed presents a broader outlook on the
various dimensions of inequality and well-being. Each topic is
assessed through two accompanying chapters: first, a detailed study
of the theoretical approaches, followed by a supporting chapter of
empirical findings. The original contributions cover themes ranging
from human development to social exclusion, and from going beyond
GDP as the primary indicator of progress to evaluating the
persistence of poverty. The chapters also address measures of
vulnerability and economic insecurity. The Handbook emphasizes the
distributional aspects of inequalities across different groups
through the analysis of polarization, segregation, and social
fractionalization. This is an excellent Handbook for postgraduates
and researchers in the social sciences and economics. The
contributions rethink some of the traditional theories and models
for measuring inequality and well-being, and push the boundaries
for future research. The policy-relevant insights will also be of
great use for social policy professionals and analysts.
Contributors include: C. Balestra, L. Bellani, R. Boarini, C.
Calvo, B. Cantillon, O. Canto, L. Ceriani, S. Chakravarty, N.
Chattopadhyhay, M. Ciommi, C. del Rio, I. Dutta, A. Fusco, A.
Gabos, C. Gigliarano, E. Giovannini, T. Goedeme, C. Gradin, A.-C.
Guio, M. Hoy, C. Lasso de la Vega, R. Mora, L. Osberg, N. Rohde, T.
Rondinella, N. Ruiz, E. Savaglio, S. Seth, J. Silber, K.K. Tang, I.
Toth, S. Vannucci, P. Verme, A. Villar, O. Volij, G. Yalonetzky, B.
Zheng
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