Y. Mundlak
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 1998
9780333698068
Contemporary Economic Issues
Volume 2: Labour, Food and Poverty
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
1998
ISBN13: 9780333698068
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
International Economic Association Series
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
An overview of many currently topical issues around food and agriculture, with particular emphasis on their implications for development. These include Nobel Laureate Robert Fogel's discussion of nutritional standards and the implications of new theories of evolution in assessing the extent of malnutrition. Historical analysis informs contemporary surveys, including Yair Mundlak's comparison of the postwar record of 130 countries in agricultural technology and outputs. The important implications of labour markets, income distributions and the impact of welfare states on these issues are considered by a number of papers. The contributors include many leading academics from North America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Israel.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780333698068
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hoofdrubriek:Mens en maatschappij
Inhoudsopgave
The International Economic Association - Preface; M.Bruno - List of Contributors - Abbreviations - Introduction; Y.Mundlak - PART 1: INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND THE WELFARE STATE - Incentives in the Welfare State: Lessons for Would-be Welfare States; A.Lindbeck - Income Distribution Theory: A Survey of Selected Recent Contributions; T.Piketty - The International Evidence on Income Distribution in Modern Economies: Where Do We Stand? ; T.M.Smeeding & P.Gottschalk - Openness and Within-Country Inequality; S.Horton , R.Kanbur & D.Mazumdar - PART 2: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES - Does History Have Useful Economics? Lessons from Europe's Golden Age (1950-73); G.Toniolo - Have the Extent and the Impact of Chronic Malnutrition Been Underestimated? A Theory of Technophysio Evolution and Its Implications for Nutritional Standards; R.W.Fogel - Food, Nutrition and Economic Development; J.Strauss & D.Thomas - On the Optimal Duration of Migration; M.Rode & O.Stark - PART 3: AGRICULTURE - Agricultural Development: Issues, Evidence and Consequences; Y.Mundlak & A.Crego - Incentive Distortions in Developing Agriculture in South Africa and Implications for Tenure Reform; W.L.Nieuwoudt , G.M.Moor & R.A.A.Baber - Agriculture in Transition: Land Reform in Former Socialist Countries; Z.Lerman PART 4: POLICY ASPECTS OF PUBLIC GOODS - Infrastructure: The Contribution of Benchmarking and Economic Analysis to the Reform of the Energy, Water and Transport Sectors; P.L.Swan, D.Lawrence & J.Zeitsch - Economic Regulation and Political Influence; I.Finkelshtain & Y.Kislev
