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Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; 1: Introduction; 1.1 The Concept ofßDevelopment; 1.2 The Concept ofßSocial Welfare Function; 1.3 Inequality andßSocial Welfare Functions; 1.4 Social Tension andßSocial Welfare Functions; 1.5 Inequality Among Social Groups; 1.6 Social Policies andßtheßLabor Market; 1.7 Income Inequality andßSocial Well-Being; 1.8 Inequity inßOpportunity; 1.9 Global Poverty Estimates; 1.10 Food Insecurity; 1.11 Evaluation ofßSocial Programs; 2: Applied Social Welfare Functions; 2.1 Introduction.
2.2 What is aßSocial Welfare Function?2.3 Income Inequality andßSocial Welfare Function; 2.4 A Class ofßAtkinson's Inequality Measures andßSocial Welfare Functions; 2.5 Relative Versus Absolute Inequality; 2.6 Gini Social Welfare Function; 2.7 Generalized Gini Social Welfare Function; 2.8 Rawlsian Social Welfare Function andßShared Prosperity; 2.9 Estimates ofßSocial Welfare Functions inßAsia: AnßIllustration; 2.10 Concluding Remarks; 3: Measuring Social Tension; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A General Framework forßMeasuring Social Tension; 3.3 Social Tension Caused by Inequality.
3.4 Social Tension Caused by Poverty3.5 Social Tension andßPolarization; 3.6 Growth Volatility andßSocial Tension; 3.7 Social Mobility andßSocial Tension; 3.8 Empirical Analysis ofßSocial Tension inßBrazil; 3.8.1 Social Tension DueßtoßInequality; 3.8.2 Social Tension DueßtoßPoverty; 3.8.3 Social Tension DueßtoßAlienation andßPolarization; 3.8.4 Growth Volatility andßSocial Tension; 3.8.5 Social Immobility; 3.9 Concluding Remarks; 4: Relative Deprivation andßSocial Groups; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Relative Deprivation Function; 4.3 Relative Deprivation Suffered by Social Groups.
4.4 Empirical Analysis: Case Study forß Brazil, 2001-124.5 Age andßInequality; 4.6 Gender andßInequality; 4.7 Geographical Location andßInequality; 4.8 Middle Class andßInequality; 4.9 Race andßInequality; 4.10 Education andßInequality; 4.11 Concluding Remarks; 5: Growth andßShared Prosperity; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A Simple Indicator ofßShared Prosperity; 5.3 Shared Growth; 5.4 Patterns ofßShared Prosperity inßBrazil; 5.5 Shared Growth inßBrazil; 5.6 Determinants ofßShared Prosperity; 5.7 Determinants ofßShared Prosperity inßBrazil fromß2001 toß2012.
5.8 The Role ofßLabor Market inßExplaining Shared Growth5.9 Shared Opportunities; 5.9.1 Employment Opportunities; 5.9.2 Productive Employment; 5.9.3 Opportunity inßEducational Attainment; 5.9.4 School Attendance; 5.10 Concluding Remarks; 6: Income Inequality andßSocial Well-Being; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 What is Well-Being?; 6.3 Selection ofßCapabilities; 6.4 Indicators ofßWell-Being; 6.5 Levels andßPerformance ofßWell-Being inßBrazil; 6.6 Inequality ofßWell-Being; 6.7 Linkage Between Ends andßMeans; 6.8 Magnitude ofßInequality inßWell-Being inßBrazil.
2.2 What is aßSocial Welfare Function?2.3 Income Inequality andßSocial Welfare Function; 2.4 A Class ofßAtkinson's Inequality Measures andßSocial Welfare Functions; 2.5 Relative Versus Absolute Inequality; 2.6 Gini Social Welfare Function; 2.7 Generalized Gini Social Welfare Function; 2.8 Rawlsian Social Welfare Function andßShared Prosperity; 2.9 Estimates ofßSocial Welfare Functions inßAsia: AnßIllustration; 2.10 Concluding Remarks; 3: Measuring Social Tension; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A General Framework forßMeasuring Social Tension; 3.3 Social Tension Caused by Inequality.
3.4 Social Tension Caused by Poverty3.5 Social Tension andßPolarization; 3.6 Growth Volatility andßSocial Tension; 3.7 Social Mobility andßSocial Tension; 3.8 Empirical Analysis ofßSocial Tension inßBrazil; 3.8.1 Social Tension DueßtoßInequality; 3.8.2 Social Tension DueßtoßPoverty; 3.8.3 Social Tension DueßtoßAlienation andßPolarization; 3.8.4 Growth Volatility andßSocial Tension; 3.8.5 Social Immobility; 3.9 Concluding Remarks; 4: Relative Deprivation andßSocial Groups; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Relative Deprivation Function; 4.3 Relative Deprivation Suffered by Social Groups.
4.4 Empirical Analysis: Case Study forß Brazil, 2001-124.5 Age andßInequality; 4.6 Gender andßInequality; 4.7 Geographical Location andßInequality; 4.8 Middle Class andßInequality; 4.9 Race andßInequality; 4.10 Education andßInequality; 4.11 Concluding Remarks; 5: Growth andßShared Prosperity; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A Simple Indicator ofßShared Prosperity; 5.3 Shared Growth; 5.4 Patterns ofßShared Prosperity inßBrazil; 5.5 Shared Growth inßBrazil; 5.6 Determinants ofßShared Prosperity; 5.7 Determinants ofßShared Prosperity inßBrazil fromß2001 toß2012.
5.8 The Role ofßLabor Market inßExplaining Shared Growth5.9 Shared Opportunities; 5.9.1 Employment Opportunities; 5.9.2 Productive Employment; 5.9.3 Opportunity inßEducational Attainment; 5.9.4 School Attendance; 5.10 Concluding Remarks; 6: Income Inequality andßSocial Well-Being; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 What is Well-Being?; 6.3 Selection ofßCapabilities; 6.4 Indicators ofßWell-Being; 6.5 Levels andßPerformance ofßWell-Being inßBrazil; 6.6 Inequality ofßWell-Being; 6.7 Linkage Between Ends andßMeans; 6.8 Magnitude ofßInequality inßWell-Being inßBrazil.