Income inequality economic disparities and the middle class in affluent countries / edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus Jäntti.
| Other author | Gornick, Janet C. |
| Other author | Jäntii, Markus, 1966- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]. |
| Description | xix, 515 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013010763 |
| ISBN | 9780804778244 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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