Contemporary issues in microeconomics - Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Guzman, Martin 1982-; International Economic Association; International Economic Association. World Congress 2014 Jordan). (New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
Introduction; Part I Inequality, Poverty, and Security. -- 1 The UTIP Global Inequality Data Sets, 1963-2008: Updates, Revisions and Quality Checks. -- 2 Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: The Mexican Wave. -- 3 Inequality, Economic Growth and Natural Resources Rent: Evidence From the Middle East and North Africa. -- 4 Inequality Impacts of Oil Dependence in the MENA; 5 Housing and Saving in Retirement Across Countries. -- Part II Income Contingent and StudentLoans. 6 Income-Contingent Loans: Some General Theoretical Considerations, with Applications. -- 7 Income Contingent Loans as a General Risk Management Instrument. -- 8 Utilizing the Transactional Efficiencies of Contingent Loans -- A General Framework for Policy Application. -- 9 Income Contingent Loans for Social Policy: the Case of Paid Parental Leave. -- 10 Illustrating the Trade-Off Between Interest Rates and Aggregate Loan Recovery of the Student Loans Fund in Thailand. -- 11 The Financial Capacity of German University Graduates to Repay Student Loans.
Includes index.
"These essays were presented at the 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association held in Jordan, June 6-10, 2014"--Preface.
Keywords: Microeconomics