Claudio O Delang, Yi Hang Yu

Measuring Welfare Beyond Economics

The Genuine Progress of Hong Kong and Singapore

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book measures the GPI of Hong Kong and Singapore from 1968 to 2010. It finds that for both countries, economic output (as measured by the GDP) has grown more than welfare (as measured by the GPI), but important differences are also found.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780367332853
• ISBN-10: 036733285X
• Artikelnr.: 56973060

Autorenporträt

Claudio O. Delang is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography of Hong Kong Baptist University. Yi Hang Yu is Researcher at the Department of Geography of Hong Kong Baptist University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Problems with the GDP 2. Alternatives to GDP 3. The GPI as an
alternative indicator of welfare 4. Items used to calculate the GPI 5. The
GPI of Hong Kong: results 6. The GPI of Singapore: results 7. The
"threshold hypothesis" and the two city states 8. Towards a Steady State
Economy