Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91913 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2007-11
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
Over the last four decades, academic and wider public interest in inequality and poverty has grown substantially. In this paper we address the question: what have been the major new directions in the analysis of inequality and poverty over the last thirty to forty years? We draw attention to developments under seven headings: changes in the extent of inequality and poverty, changes in the policy environment, increased scrutiny of the concepts of poverty and inequality and the rise of multidimensional approaches, the use of longitudinal perspectives, an increase in availability of and access to data, developments in analytical methods of measurement, and developments in modelling.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
342.53 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.