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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199944598
ISBN-13
9780199944590
eBay Product ID (ePID)
222270683
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
680 Pages, 672 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Measuring Wellbeing : a History of Italian Living Standards
Subject
Public Health, Urban & Regional, Europe / Italy, Economic History, Economics / General
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics, History, Medical
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
44.9 Oz
Item Length
6.3 in
Item Width
9.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-017264
Reviews
"Measuring Wellbeing offers a multidimensional, quantitative analysis of Italian living standards from the country's unification in 1861 to the present day... This is an innovative and important work and ought to interest both economists and historians." -- EH.Net "This is an important book for Italians, and it makes a remarkable contribution to the description of the long-term evolution of standards of living in Italy." -- Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies and Professor of Public Affairs at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University"This amazing and novel book on Italian inequality, poverty, and living standards since unification has no competitor. Certainly not in English, which is used here with great elegance. And perhaps not even in the whole EU. Anyone involved in policy debate over inequality and poverty in modern Italy and the EU must read this book about origins." -- Jeffrey G. Williamson, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, emeritus, Harvard University and Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin"A fascinating economic history of how Italian living standards have evolved over 150 years emerges from this study's painstaking work assembling and harmonizing historical data on household budgets, in combination with modern surveys and other data. Long-run social progress is evident, but so are the challenges for the future. I look forward to seeing further work from this project." -- Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University and author of The Economics of Poverty: History, Measurement, and Policy"In this pioneering book, Giovanni Vecchi traces welfare, inequality and poverty of Italy from its reunification to today. Very few countries may boast of such a panoramic view of their economic history, as Italy can, thanks to Vecchi's work. His methodological innovation, the use of historical household budgets -- monthly or weekly expenses written down by thousands of families -- to study the evolution of living standards enables us to learn about the lives of the previous generations more than we ever expected. We are thus, through Vecchi's approach, rediscovering own economic history." -- Branko Milanovic, Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of Global Inequality, "Measuring Wellbeing offers a multidimensional, quantitative analysis of Italian living standards from the country's unification in 1861 to the present day... This is an innovative and important work and ought to interest both economists and historians." -- EH.Net"This is an important book for Italians, and it makes a remarkable contribution to the description of the long-term evolution of standards of living in Italy." -- Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies and Professor of Public Affairs at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University"This amazing and novel book on Italian inequality, poverty, and living standards since unification has no competitor. Certainly not in English, which is used here with great elegance. And perhaps not even in the whole EU. Anyone involved in policy debate over inequality and poverty in modern Italy and the EU must read this book about origins." -- Jeffrey G. Williamson, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, emeritus, Harvard University and Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin"A fascinating economic history of how Italian living standards have evolved over 150 years emerges from this study's painstaking work assembling and harmonizing historical data on household budgets, in combination with modern surveys and other data. Long-run social progress is evident, but so are the challenges for the future. I look forward to seeing further work from this project." -- Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University and author of The Economics of Poverty: History, Measurement, and Policy"In this pioneering book, Giovanni Vecchi traces welfare, inequality and poverty of Italy from its reunification to today. Very few countries may boast of such a panoramic view of their economic history, as Italy can, thanks to Vecchi's work. His methodological innovation, the use of historical household budgets -- monthly or weekly expenses written down by thousands of families -- to study the evolution of living standards enables us to learn about the livesof the previous generations more than we ever expected. We are thus, through Vecchi's approach, rediscovering own economic history." -- Branko Milanovic, Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of Global Inequality, "This is an important book for Italians, and it makes a remarkable contribution to the description of the long-term evolution of standards of living in Italy." -- Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies and Professor of Public Affairs at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University, "This is an important book for Italians, and it makes a remarkable contribution to the description of the long-term evolution of standards of living in Italy." -- Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies and Professor of Public Affairs at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University "This amazing and novel book on Italian inequality, poverty, and living standards since unification has no competitor. Certainly not in English, which is used here with great elegance. And perhaps not even in the whole EU. Anyone involved in policy debate over inequality and poverty in modern Italy and the EU must read this book about origins." -- Jeffrey G. Williamson, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, emeritus, Harvard University and Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin "A fascinating economic history of how Italian living standards have evolved over 150 years emerges from this study's painstaking work assembling and harmonizing historical data on household budgets, in combination with modern surveys and other data. Long-run social progress is evident, but so are the challenges for the future. I look forward to seeing further work from this project." -- Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University and author of The Economics of Poverty: History, Measurement, and Policy "In this pioneering book, Giovanni Vecchi traces welfare, inequality and poverty of Italy from its reunification to today. Very few countries may boast of such a panoramic view of their economic history, as Italy can, thanks to Vecchi's work. His methodological innovation, the use of historical household budgets -- monthly or weekly expenses written down by thousands of families -- to study the evolution of living standards enables us to learn about the lives of the previous generations more than we ever expected. We are thus, through Vecchi's approach, rediscovering own economic history." -- Branko Milanovic, Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of Global Inequality, "Measuring Wellbeing offers a multidimensional, quantitative analysis of Italian living standards from the country's unification in 1861 to the present day... This is an innovative and important work and ought to interest both economists and historians." -- EH.Net "This is an important book for Italians, and it makes a remarkable contribution to the description of the long-term evolution of standards of living in Italy." -- Marc Fleurbaey, Robert E. Kuenne Professor of Economics and Humanistic Studies and Professor of Public Affairs at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University "This amazing and novel book on Italian inequality, poverty, and living standards since unification has no competitor. Certainly not in English, which is used here with great elegance. And perhaps not even in the whole EU. Anyone involved in policy debate over inequality and poverty in modern Italy and the EU must read this book about origins." -- Jeffrey G. Williamson, Laird Bell Professor of Economics, emeritus, Harvard University and Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin "A fascinating economic history of how Italian living standards have evolved over 150 years emerges from this study's painstaking work assembling and harmonizing historical data on household budgets, in combination with modern surveys and other data. Long-run social progress is evident, but so are the challenges for the future. I look forward to seeing further work from this project." -- Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University and author of The Economics of Poverty: History, Measurement, and Policy "In this pioneering book, Giovanni Vecchi traces welfare, inequality and poverty of Italy from its reunification to today. Very few countries may boast of such a panoramic view of their economic history, as Italy can, thanks to Vecchi's work. His methodological innovation, the use of historical household budgets -- monthly or weekly expenses written down by thousands of families -- to study the evolution of living standards enables us to learn about the lives of the previous generations more than we ever expected. We are thus, through Vecchi's approach, rediscovering own economic history." -- Branko Milanovic, Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of Global Inequality
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
362.10945
Table Of Content
Chapter 1 - Nutrition Chapter 2 - Height Chapter 3 - Health Chapter 4 - Child Labour Chapter 5 - Education Chapter 6 - Migration Chapter 7 - Income Chapter 8 - Inequality Chapter 9 - Poverty Chapter 10 - Wealth Chapter 11 - Vulnerability Chapter 12 - Human Development Chapter 13 - Household Budgets Chapter 14 - Cost of Living
Synopsis
Italy - born as one nation on March 17, 1861 - was a poor and backward country in the most Southern part of Europe. Most Italians lived a short and troubled life, with little prospect of giving their children a better future. That was how it had been for centuries in the Italian peninsula. In one and half centuries, the Italians astonished us by turning Italy into a country where living standards are among the highest in the world. The Dolce Vita found its home in Italy. How did such a transformation come about? The book provides an answer based on an impressive volume of newly-constructed historical statistics, and does so aided by an easilyt accessible and enjoyable narrative.In more than 20 years of research, Giovanni Vecchi has gathered tens of thousands of family accounts, so that the themes of economic inequality, poverty and vulnerability can at last be placed at the centre of the book. This history is written from the bottom up, starting with the elementary data, those coming from the lives of individuals and households. Measuring Wellbeing builds up the "macro" picture (the history) from the "micro" data (the stories).The concept of wellbeing is, by its very nature, multidimensional and must therefore include the non-monetary aspects of life: nutrition, health and education, but also less tangible elements such as freedom or the possibility to exercise one's political rights. The book deals with this polyhedral nature of wellbeing using a uniform method. Great effort has been taken not to exercise the reader with technical details, but tables and graphs have nevertheless been included because they are decisive tools for readers to gain insight and keep up their guard against the fallacy of what at first sight may seem to be incontrovertible., Italy - born as one nation on March 17, 1861 - was a poor and backward country in the most Southern part of Europe. Most Italians lived a short and troubled life, with little prospect of giving their children a better future. That was how it had been for centuries in the Italian peninsula. In one and half centuries, the Italians astonished us by turning Italy into a country where living standards are among the highest in the world. The Dolce Vita found its home in Italy. How did such a transformation come about? The book provides an answer based on an impressive volume of newly-constructed historical statistics, and does so aided by an easily accessible and enjoyable narrative.In more than 20 years of research, Giovanni Vecchi has gathered tens of thousands of family accounts, so that the themes of economic inequality, poverty and vulnerability can at last be placed at the centre of the book. This history is written from the bottom up, starting with the elementary data, those coming from the lives of individuals and households. Measuring Wellbeing builds up the "macro" picture (the history) from the "micro" data (the stories).The concept of wellbeing is, by its very nature, multidimensional and must therefore include the non-monetary aspects of life: nutrition, health and education, but also less tangible elements such as freedom or the possibility to exercise one's political rights. The book deals with this polyhedral nature of wellbeing using a uniform method. Great effort has been taken not to exercise the reader with technical details, but tables and graphs have nevertheless been included because they are decisive tools for readers to gain insight and keep up their guard against the fallacy of what at first sight may seem to be incontrovertible., In 150 years Italy transformed itself from a poor and backward country into one where living standards are among the highest in the world. In Measuring Wellbeing , Giovanni Vecchi provides an innovative analysis of this change by drawing on family accounts that provide engaging insights into life and are the "micro" data that create the foundations for the "macro" picture of variations and fluctuations in the development of Italy. Vecchi provides a nuanced account of the changes. He emphasizes that the concept of wellbeing is multidimensional and must include non-monetary aspects of life: nutrition, health and education, as well as less tangible elements such as freedom or the possibility to exercise one's political rights. The book deals with this polyhedral nature of wellbeing. Among the insights are that Italians succeeded in combining growth with equity, but that the gap between the North and South did not narrow; the while longevity has increased, education has not improved as much as it could have; and that for close to three decades, Italy's virtuous path has come to a halt: the wellbeing of the Italian people is at the crossroads between progress and decline. Measuring Wellbeing engagingly combines a unique dataset and an innovative statistical method that can be adapted to other countries., The book recounts the evolution of the wellbeing of the Italians -- from rags to riches -- over the last hundred and fifty years. Giovanni Vecchi blends economic ideas with newly-constructed historical statistics on a footing which accounts for the historical context., In 150 years Italy transformed itself from a poor and backward country into one where living standards are among the highest in the world. In Measuring Wellbeing, Giovanni Vecchi provides an innovative analysis of this change by drawing on family accounts that provide engaging insights into life and are the "micro" data that create the foundations for the "macro" picture of variations and fluctuations in the development of Italy. Vecchi provides a nuanced account of the changes. He emphasizes that the concept of wellbeing is multidimensional and must include non-monetary aspects of life: nutrition, health and education, as well as less tangible elements such as freedom or the possibility to exercise one's political rights. The book deals with this polyhedral nature of wellbeing. Among the insights are that Italians succeeded in combining growth with equity, but that the gap between the North and South did not narrow; the while longevity has increased, education has not improved as much as it could have; and that for close to three decades, Italy's virtuous path has come to a halt: the wellbeing of the Italian people is at the crossroads between progress and decline. Measuring Wellbeing engagingly combines a unique dataset and an innovative statistical method that can be adapted to other countries.
LC Classification Number
RA418.3.I8
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