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NRIPESH PODDER section, the important differences and similarities between a measure of
inequality and a measure of relative deprivation are clearly spelt out. In Section IV, a …

220 THE LIBRARY QUARTERLY Introduction to Informetrics: Quantitative Methods in
Library, Documentation and mation Science. By Leo Egghe and Ronald Rousseau …

The publication of this book is in large part due to the role of Canada's Inter national
Development Research Center (IDRC) in encouraging policy-relevant research in the fields …

Contradictory findings, that economic inequality may have a positive, negative, or no impact
on political conflict, are a puzzle for conflict studies. Three approaches have been used to …

Three arguments are raised in this article with regard to the indices used to measure the
digital divide. First, I criticize policymakers who rely on simplistic measures of the digital …

Using individual-level data on males from the 1988–91 National Health Interview Survey
Multiple Cause of Death Files, we examine the impact of relative deprivation within a …

The purpose of this study is to propose a simple technique based on matrix algebra to
compute the Gini Index of Inequality, to obtain a decomposition of this index by factor …

This paper explores the relationship between two well-established concepts of measuring
individual well-being: the concept of happiness, ie self-reported level of satisfaction with …

What is the best way to measure and track the digital divide, in a comparative manner, over
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