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

Peter Gottschalk, Bjorn Gustafsson, Edward Palmer

ISBN 10: 0521142695 / ISBN 13: 9780521142694

Published by Cambridge University Press 2010-06-10, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare: An Economic Perspective
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2010-06-10
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521142695
• ISBN 13: 9780521142694
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: 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.