theoretical and empirical approaches Maki, Atsushi 1948- editor. text nyu 2015 1 Edition. monographic eng

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xxii, 248 pages ; 24 cm. Introduction / Atsushi Maki -- Are luxury goods really luxuries? : the validity of the Törnqvist-wold's hypothesis / Atsushi Maki and Mlemba Abassy Kamwe -- Engel's law in Vietnam and the Philippines : effects of in-kind consumption on inequality and poverty / Atsushi Maki and Satoshi Ohira -- Informal agriculture sector in Indonesia : big in size, small in contribution, and high working poverty rate / Kadarmanto -- Effects of remittances on income inequality and poverty in the Philippines / Satoshi Ohira and Karen Villaquer Firshan -- Area disparity of income and expenditure in Sri Lanka : based on micro data sets of household income and expenditure survey of 2006/07 / Yasumasa Baba, Yuko Arai, Hiroko Yasui and Kaori Yonezawa -- The agricultural sector in Thailand's middle-income stage / Satoshi Ohira and Atsushi Maki -- The possibility of a border economic zone : Asian golden quadrangle / Satoko Okuyama -- Development of the fishery systems in modern Taiwan / Nobutake Koiwa -- Conclusion / Atsushi Maki. edited by Atsushi Maki. d------ Poverty Developing countries Equality Developing countries Urbanization Developing countries Developing countries Economic conditions 21st century HC59.72.P6 P6834 2015 339.4/6091724 9781138023260 (hardback) 2014046582 DLC 141222 20180117090021.0 18413362 eng