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Nanak Kakwani

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68

Publications

9.4K

Citations

39

H-Index

1964

Active since

Affiliations

UNSW Sydney(Current)

Asian Development Bank

Beijing Normal University

Renmin University of China

Nanak Kakwani is an author at UNSW Sydney specializing in economics, business, and economic inequality.

Top concepts

EconomicsBusinessPovertyEconomic InequalityPublic PolicyPoverty AlleviationEconomic DevelopmentStatisticsEconomic AnalysisDevelopment Economics

Publications per year

1964–2022

68

Publications

68

Socioeconomic inequalities in health: Measurement, computation, and statistical inference

Nanak Kakwani, Adam Wagstaff, Eddy van Doorslaer · Journal of Econometrics · 1997 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Health Inequality, Medicine, Social Determinants +10

Measurement of Tax Progressivity: An International Comparison

Nanak Kakwani · The Economic Journal · 1977 · 1.1K citations

Optimal Taxation, Fiscal Issue, Corporate Tax +21

On a Class of Poverty Measures

Nanak Kakwani · Econometrica · 1980 · 760 citations

Economics, Public Policy, Poverty Measurement +8

Applications of Lorenz Curves in Economic Analysis

Nanak Kakwani · Econometrica · 1977 · 480 citations

Income Distribution, Cumulative Proportion, Economic Growth +16

Income Inequality and Poverty, Methods of Estimation and Policy Applications

Camilo Dagum, Nanak Kakwani · Journal of Business and Economic Statistics · 1986 · 465 citations

Income Justice, Economic Development, Development Economics +21

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