
Handbook of Income Distribution. Vol 2B
Description
Key Features
- 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
Readership
Graduate students and researchers worldwide working in all areas of economics, and in particular economic policy, macroeconomics, education, and labor economics
Table of Contents
Part III Explanations
14. Inequality in macro-economics. Jose-Victor Rios-Rull and Vincenzo Quadrini
15. Wealth and inheritance. Thomas Piketty
16. Intra-Household inequality. Pierre-André Chiappori and Costas Meghir
17. Health and inequality. Owen O'Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer and Tom Van Ourti
18. Labour-market institutions and the dispersion of wage earnings. Wiemer Salverda and Daniele Checchi
19. Cross-country studies of the multiple causes of inequality in the OECD area. Michael F. Förster and Istvan György Toth
20. Globalization and inequality. Ravi Kanbur
Part IV: Policies
21. Democracy, political institutions and inequality. James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu
22. Equitable development policies. Martin Ravallion
23. The welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries. Brian Nolan, Ive Marx and Javier Olivera
24. Micro-simulation and policy analysis. Holly Sutherland, Alari Paulus and Francesco Figari
Product details
- No. of pages: 1078
- Language: English
- Copyright: © North Holland 2014
- Published: December 18, 2014
- Imprint: North Holland
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780444594297
About the Editors
Anthony Atkinson
Affiliations and Expertise
Francois Bourguignon
Affiliations and Expertise
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