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Income distribution.
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Social stratification.
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Wealth.
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Descript |
xxi, 736 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Contents |
Introduction / Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, and Timothy M. Smeeding -- Equality: its justification, nature, and domain / John E. Roemer -- The measurement of economic inequality / Stephen P. Jenkins and Philippe Van Kerm -- Income inequality in richer and OECD countries / Andrea Brandolini and Timothy M. Smeeding -- Functional distribution and inequality / Andrew Glyn -- Wealth and economic inequality / James B. Davies -- Top incomes / Andrew Leigh -- Inequality and earning distribution / Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn -- Inequality and the labor market: employers / Julia Lane -- Inequality and the labor market: unions / Jelle Visser and Daniele Checchi -- Low pay / Claudio Lucifora and Wiemer Salverda -- Gender and economic inequality / Mary Gregory -- Economic inequality, poverty, and social exclusion / Brian Nolan and Ive Marx -- Inequality and time use in the household / Nancy Folbre -- Inequality and happiness / Bernard Van Praag and Ada Ferrer-I-Carbonell -- Health and economic inequality / Andrew Leigh, Christopher Jencks, and Timothy M. Smeeding -- Education and inequality / Stephen Machin -- Demographic transformation and economic inequality / Gary Burtless -- International migration, ethnicity, and economic inequality / Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann -- Intergenerational income mobility and the role of family background / Anders Björklund and Markus Jäntti -- Intragenerational inequality and intertemporal mobility / Richard V. Burkhauser and Kenneth A. Couch -- Inequality and economic growth / Sarah Voitchovsky -- Globalization and inequality / Richard B. Freeman -- Poverty and inequality: the global context / Francisco H.G. Ferreira and Martin Ravallion -- Economic inequality and the welfare state / Gøsta Esping-Anderson and John Myles -- The political economy of inequality and redistribution / Nolan McCarty and Jonas Pontusson -- Prospects for achieving equality in market economies / John E. Roemer. |
Alt author |
Salverda, Wiemer.
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Nolan, Brian, 1953-
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Smeeding, Timothy M.
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ISBN |
9780199606061 (pbk.) |
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0199606064 (pbk.) |
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