Research Catalog

Title

Income inequality [electronic resource] : economic disparities and the middle class in affluent countries / edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti.

Publication

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013].

Details

Additional Authors

• Gornick, Janet C.
• Jäntii, Markus, 1966-

Description

1 online resource (xix, 515 pages) : illustrations.

Uniform Title

Income inequality (Online)

Subject

• Income distribution
• Middle class

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

How has income inequality grown? : the reshaping of the income distribution in LIS countries / Arthur S. Alderson and Kevin Doran -- On the identification of the middle class / Anthony Atkinson and Andrea Brandolini -- Has rising inequality reduced middle-class income growth? / Lane Kenworthy -- Welfare regimes, cohorts and the middle classes / Louis Chauvel -- Political sources of government redistribution in high-income countries / Vincent A. Mahler, David K. Jesuit and Piotr R. Paradowski -- Income distribution, inequality perception and redistributive preferences in European countries / István György Tóth and Tamás Keller -- Women's employment and household income inequality / Susan Harkness -- Women's employment, unpaid work, and economic inequality / Nancy Folbre, Janet C. Gornick, Helen Connolly and Teresa Munzi -- Women's work, family earnings, and public policy / Margarita Estévez-Abe and Tanja Hethey -- The distribution of assets and debt / Eva Sierminska, Timothy M. Smeeding and Serge Allegrezza -- The joint distribution of income and wealth / Markus Jäntti, Eva Sierminska and Philippe Van Kerm -- The fourth retirement pillar in rich countries / Bruce Bradbury -- Public pension entitlements and the distribution of wealth / Joachim R. Frick and Markus M. Grabka -- Income and wealth inequality in Japan / Colin McKenzie -- Income inequality in boom and bust : a tale from Iceland's bubble economy / Stefán Ólafsson and Arnaldur Sölvi Kristjánsson -- Horizontal and vertical inequalities in India / Reeve Vanneman and Amaresh Dubey -- Post-apartheid changes in South African inequality / Murray Leibbrandt, Ingrid Woolard and Arden Finn.

LCCN

2013010763

OCLC

ssj0000918231

Title

Income inequality [electronic resource] : economic disparities and the middle class in affluent countries / edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti.

Imprint

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013].

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Gornick, Janet C.

Jäntii, Markus, 1966-