Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2A-2B

What new theories, evidence, explanations, and policies have shaped our studies of income distribution in the 21st century?

Editors Tony Atkinson and Francois Bourguignon assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In two volumes they address subjects that were not covered in Volume 1 (2000), such as education, health and experimental economics; and subjects that were covered but where there have been substantial new developments, such as the historical study of income inequality and globalization. Some chapters discuss future growth areas, such as inheritance, the links between inequality and macro-economics and finance, and the distributional implications of climate change. They also update empirical advances and major changes in the policy environment.

• The volumes define and organize key areas of income distribution studies
• Contributors focus on identifying newly developing questions and opportunities for future research
• The authoritative articles emphasize the ways that income mobility and inequality studies have recently gained greater political significance

Graduate students and researchers worldwide working in all areas of economics, and in particular economic policy, macroeconomics, education, and labor economics.

• Introduction to the Series
• Volume 2A: Handbook of Income Distribution
• Volume 2B: Handbook of Income Distribution
• Introduction: Income Distribution Today

  • 1 Setting the Scene
  • 2 Different Facets of Inequality
  • 3 Data on Inequality
  • 4 Taking Economic Theory Seriously
  • 5 The Role of Policy
  • Acknowledgments
• Acknowledgments
• Part I. Concept and Approaches

  • Chapter 1: The Principal Problem in Political Economy: Income Distribution in the History of Economic Thought

    • Abstract
    • 1.1 Introduction
    • 1.2 The Positive Economics of Income Distribution
    • 1.3 Value Judgments and Redistribution
    • 1.4 Concluding Reflections
    • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 2: Inequality, Income, and Well-Being

    • Abstract
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 A Brief Historical Sketch
    • 2.3 Inequality of What?
    • 2.4 Multidimensional Inequality and Dominance
    • 2.5 Applications
    • 2.6 Conclusion
    • Acknowledgment
  • Chapter 3: Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality

    • Abstract
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Preliminaries: Dimensions, Indicators, and Weights
    • 3.3 Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
    • 3.4 Multidimensional Inequality Measurement
    • 3.5 Summary and Conclusions
    • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 4: Equality of Opportunity

    • Abstract
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Egalitarian Political Philosophy Since Rawls
    • 4.3 A Model and Algorithm for Equal-Opportunity Policy
    • 4.4 A More General Approach
    • 4.5 The Fleurbaey–Maniquet Approach
    • 4.6 Economic Development
    • 4.7 Dynamics
    • 4.8 Preparing the Ground for Empirical Analysis
    • 4.9 Do People Advocate EOp? Lessons from Questionnaires and Experiments
    • 4.10 Inequality of Opportunity: Measureme