An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution

Bibliographic Data

ID19612309
AuthorsAlfred J Field
Year1996
Volume62
Issue3
Pages797-797
Publication date1996-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofAn Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution, Partha Dasgupta, 1995
VenueSouthern Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-4038 • E-ISSN: 2325-8012
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/1060904
OpenAlexW2089571109
LanguageEN

Part 1 Well-being - theory and realization: the commodity basis of well-being political morality and the state the object of social contracts well-being - from theory to measurement appendix - political and civil rights indices. Part 2 Allocation of resources among households - the standard theory: resource allocation mechanisms public goods and common property resources decentralization and central guidance real national income as a measure of general well-being uncertainty, insurance and social norms. Part 3 The household and its setting - extensions of the standard theory: land, labour, savings and credit households and credit constraints poverty and the environmental resource base net national product in a dynamic economy food, care and work - the household as an allocation mechanism axiomatic bargaining theory fertility and resources - the household as a reproductive unit strategic complementarities in fertility decisions population and savings - normative considerations classical utilitarianism in a limited world food needs and work capacity adaptation to nourishment inequality, malnutrition and the disenfranchised analysis of allocation mechanisms when nutrition affects productivity incentives and development policies. Subject index: agrarian reform food subsidies employment guarantee schemes and rural infrastructure community participation and credit facilities health and education envoi

Political science · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Psychology