Wanna help me with homework? (POV, philosophy, Greek)

[Buttons*]

it's due by 9am...

Here's the problem. I SUCK AT ECONOMICS!


1. What makes the Kolm index a poverty index? Please explain in plain English
why the Kolm index qualifies as a poverty index and roughly why it takes the
form it does.


2. What is a generalized entropy index and what is it supposed to measure.


3. Provide two examples of something that might be appropriately measured by a
poverty index, a Gini coefficient and a generalized entropy index and explain
why each measure would be appropriate for that purpose.


4. What does the U.S. government do with your taxes? Explain why the budget of
the U.S. federal government needs to be managed differently than that of a
typical household.


5. Suppose I wanted to know whether a particular ethnic group was being
particularly hurt by an "inequality trap" and I had income, education,
ethnicity and wealth data at the census tract level (a small geographical
unit) what should I do. Please just sketch out the sort of things I might
measure and if possible what measures I might use.

[standing_alone]

Well, I won't be of much help, but I know the answer to one of the questions.

Originally Posted by Buttons*

4. What does the U.S. government do with your taxes?

Wastes it all.

[Mike182]

Panda.... what degree did you choose to do?

[Buttons*]

Originally Posted by Mike182

Panda.... what degree did you choose to do?

Philosophy.... this is a required course.

[michel]

I haven't even heard of some of those words.......

[Green Gaia]

I flunked Econ 101

[PetShopBoy88]

That sounds like macro economics. Blech. I'm in micro. Microeconomics FTW!!!

[Buttons*]

... yeah , its okay, i turned in my answers already

thanks anyway guys

[Buttons*]

OKAY... is anyone good at economics?

www.uwmc.uwc.edu/geography/Demotrans/demtran.htm

1. In your own words explain what is meant by a demographic transition. Discuss
what sorts of factors are thought to explain changes in mortality and fertility
rates and why deomographers think population levels might stabilize before
resources are exhausted.

2. The link has a chart labelled The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Botswana. Explain
what the various lines depict and what implications they have if compared to
the two little charts just above comparing a) birth and death rates vs wealth
and b) natural incras in population vs. wealth.

3. What realtionship did Ester Boserup see between food supply and population
growth and what was her main historical example of that relationship?



This is Greek to me!!!!

[zombieharlot]

Originally Posted by Buttons*

OKAY... is anyone good at economics?

www.uwmc.uwc.edu/geography/Demotrans/demtran.htm

1. In your own words explain what is meant by a demographic transition. Discuss
what sorts of factors are thought to explain changes in mortality and fertility
rates and why deomographers think population levels might stabilize before
resources are exhausted.

2. The link has a chart labelled The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Botswana. Explain
what the various lines depict and what implications they have if compared to
the two little charts just above comparing a) birth and death rates vs wealth
and b) natural incras in population vs. wealth.

3. What realtionship did Ester Boserup see between food supply and population
growth and what was her main historical example of that relationship?



This is Greek to me!!!!

The more you post stuff like this, the more I'm glad that I chose the path of beauty treatment.