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Cataloged Resource Summary

 

Title

An Experiment in Income Redistribution and Poverty Measurement

Author

Richard Deitz

Categories

Health, Education, and Welfare
Distribution: Income, Wealth, Other

Type

Non-computerized experiment

Description

This classroom experiment is designed to get students to question the notion of income equality and poverty measures. I have found it most useful to employ this experiment prior to any coverage of material on poverty and income inequality.

URL

http://mcnet.marietta.edu/~delemeeg/expernom/f96.html#deitz

Home URL

http://mcnet.marietta.edu/~delemeeg/expernom.html
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