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James E. Foster

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Publications

43

Citations

4.7K

H-Index

29

Active since

1947

Affiliations

Vanderbilt University(Current)

George Washington University

University of Oxford

Cornell University

Purdue University West Lafayette

James E. Foster is an author at Vanderbilt University specializing in economics, business, and economic inequality.

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BusinessEconomicsEconomic InequalityPovertyStatisticsSocial InequalityEducationPublic HealthSocial SciencesEconomic Analysis

Publications per year

1947–2016

43

Publications

43

Counting and multidimensional poverty measurement

Sabina Alkire, James E. Foster · Journal of Public Economics · 2010 · 650 citations

Economics, Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, Poverty Measurement +7

Transfer Sensitive Inequality Measures

Anthony Shorrocks, James E. Foster · The Review of Economic Studies · 1987 · 414 citations

Polarization and the decline of the middle class: Canada and the U.S.

James E. Foster, Michael Wolfson · The Journal of Economic Inequality · 2009 · 350 citations

Class Analysis, Social Inequality, Class Conflict +13

Measuring health inequality using qualitative data

Rob Allison, James E. Foster · Journal of Health Economics · 2004 · 302 citations

Health Inequality, Health Disparities, Health Inequity +6

Absolute versus Relative Poverty.

James E. Foster · American Economic Review · 1998 · 265 citations

Social Inequality, Economics, Poverty Measurement +8

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