Handbook of income distribution

Distributional issues may not have always been among the main concerns of the economic profession. Today, in the beginning of the 2000s, the position is different. During the last quarter of a century, economic growth proved to be unsteady and rather slow on average. The situation of those at the bo...

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Other Authors: Atkinson, A. B. 1944-2017., Bourguignon, François., ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Elvesier, 2000-
Physical Description: 1 online resource (volumes) : illustrations.
Series: Handbooks in economics ; bk. 16.
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Table of Contents:
  • Volume 1. Income distribution and economics / A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon
  • Social justice and distribution of income / A.K. Sen
  • Measurement of inequality / F.A. Cowell
  • Three centuries of inequality in Britain and America / P.H. Lindert
  • Historical perspectives on income distribution : the case of Europe / C. Morrisson
  • Empirical evidence on incomne inequality in industrial countries / P. Gottschalk and T.M. Smeeding
  • Income poverty in advanced countries / M. Jäntti and S. Danziger
  • Theories of the distribution of earnings / D. Neal and S. Rosen
  • Theories of persistent inequality and integenerational mobility / T. Piketty
  • Macroeconomics of distribution and growth / G. Bertola
  • Wealth inequality, wealth constraints and economic performance / P. Bardhan, S. Bowles and H. Gintis
  • The distribution of wealth / J.B. Davies and A.F. Shorrocks
  • Redistribution / R. Boadway and M. Keen
  • Income distribution and development / R. Kanbur
  • Income distribution, economic systems and transition / J. Flemming and J. Micklewright.