Public Expenditures, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income
The United States, 1950, 1961, 1970
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Public Expenditures, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income: The United States, 1950, 1961, 1970 explores income inequality over time to a more comprehensive than usual definition of income, one that includes the benefits and burdens of government expenditures and taxes at all levels. The book provides a discussion of topics on the impact of income redistribution on the fiscal comparisons of final income distributions; and experimental results involving artificial government budgets. The book will be interesting to economists.
Table of Contents
Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
I Fertility
1 Some Problems of Fertility Research
Behavioral Data
Motivational Data
Normative Data
2 The Pervasiveness of Postwar Fertility Trends in the United States
Data
Fertility Trends
The Rural Exception
Marriage Trends
Trends in the Timing of Fertility
Persistence of Cross-Sectional Fertility Differentials
Summary and Conclusion
References
3 Age and the Sociology of Fertility: How Old Is Too Old?
The Sociological Component of the Age Effect on Fertility
Methodological Concerns
Age and the Termination of Childbearing
Age at First Marriage
Age at Second Marriage
Conclusion
References
4 Couples' Decision-Making Processes Regarding Fertility
Demography's Implicit Recognition of Motivational Influences
Social-Psychological Approaches to Fertility Decision Making
A Social-Psychological Model of Couples' Fertility
Decision-Making Processes
Individual Preferences Regarding Children
Relative Power and Joint Decision Making of Couples
Conclusion
References
5 Spatial Aspects of Population: An Overview
Density
Urban Expansion
Population Redistribution
References
6 Overcrowding, Isolation, and Human Behavior: Exploring the Extremes in Population Distribution
Animal Studies of Overcrowding and Isolation
Determinants of Variations in Urban Population Densities
Ecological Studies of Overcrowding and Isolation
Human Populations
Surveys on Overcrowding, Isolation, and Human Behavior m Concluding Remarks
References
7 The Organizational Components of Expanding Metropolitan Systems
The Theory of Ecological Expansion
Methodology
Findings for U. S. Metropolitan Systems, 1960 to 1970
Discussion
References
II Spatial Distribution
8 The New Pattern of Nonmetropolitan Population Change
Data and Procedures
Growth and Type of Residence
A Subregional Comparison
Some County Characteristics Associated with Growth
Conclusion
References
III Social Mobility
9 Mobility and Stratification: An Overview
Social Demography and Social Stratification: Definitions and Relationship
Comparative Social Stratification
Mortality as a Determinant of Social Mobility
The Organization as a Context for Mobility
Purposive Action in Social Mobility Models
Continuous-Time Markov Models
References
10 Changes in the Socioeconomic Stratification of the Races
Data
Intercohort Shifts in Occupational Socioeconomic Status
Intercohort Changes in Socioeconomic Background and Education
Processes of Socioeconomic Allocation in 1962 and 1973
Sources of Change in Socioeconomic Status
Summary, Interpretations, and Speculations
References
11 Statistical Histories of the Life Cycle of Birth Cohorts: The Transition from Schoolboy to Adult Male
Conceptual Background
Overview and Justification of the Project
References
12 Some Methodological Issues in the Analysis of Longitudinal Surveys
Movers and Stayers—A Review
Other Explanations of High Diagonals
Parsimonious Models and Fragmentary Data
Embeddability and Identification
Strategies for Discrimination among Competing Models
Conclusions
References
IV Emerging Issues
13 The Next Fifteen Years in Demographic Analysis
Trends in Demographers' Analyses
Future Developments in Demographic Analysis
References
14 Organization of Demographic Research: Problems of the Next Decade
Trends in the Availability of Data
Trends in the Availability of Technology
Trends in the Place of Demography in the Social Sciences
Trends in the Demand for Demographic Knowledge
Implications for the Organization of Research
References
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 168
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1977
- Published: January 28, 1977
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483277608
About the Authors
Morgan Reynolds
Eugene Smolensky
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