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Income Disparity Measurement Book Summary

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This paper explains that sociologists and politicians have become extremely worried about the growth in international and national income disparity especially in developing countries, which is considered to be the cause of political strife. The author stresses that calculating the level of income disparity in developed or under-developed societies is not easy; two different studies of one particular country, at the exact same time, can come to two different conclusions. The paper proposes a comparative analysis of the various structures and theories of income disparity measurements being utilized by the third world countries, which are comprehensive enough to accurately evaluate income disparities with all independent variable, such as color, gender, rural/urban, economical system and occupation. Tables and graphs. Table of Contents Introduction Research Questions General Questions Specific Questions Background of the Study The Histories Context of Income Disparity: Literature Review A Brief Overview of the Income Disparity measurement Methods Being Used Critical Analysis of these Measurement Methods Problems with the Use of these Methods within countries Ideas about the Gaps that Exist What is Wrong with the Present Methods being Used? Theoretical Framework Summary of the Theoretical Framework Hypothesis General Questions Specific Questions Research Design Operationalization Variables Data Collected Analysis Plan Causal Diagram (Ordinary Least Squares Regression) Conclusion Table: World Population and Total poverty Table: Education Spending in relation to the Total GDP and Total Expenditure of the Governments Table: The Percentage of Income Sharing between the Richest and the Poorest Table: Gender Related Income Distribution Table: Occupation and Unemployment Rates

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