Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare: An International Perspective

Gottschalk, Peter (Editor)/ Gustafsson, Bjorn A. (Editor)/ Palmer, Edward (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0521562627 / ISBN 13: 9780521562621

Published by Cambridge Univ Pr, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare: An International Perspective
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521562627
• ISBN 13: 9780521562621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

This book examines the income distributional experience of fifteen developed economies over the past two decades. It considers the effects on the inequality of household income of the development of individual earnings, unemployment, inflation, public sector transfers and taxes, and demographic changes. Chapters are devoted to the experiences of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, West and former East Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Holland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.