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

Edited by Peter Gottschalk , Bjorn A. Gustafsson , Edward E. Palmer

ISBN 10: 0521562627 / ISBN 13: 9780521562621

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1998

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This 1997 book charts and analyses the income distributional experiences of 15 industrial and post-industrial countries. Editor(s): Gottschalk, Peter T.; Gustafsson, Bjorn A.; Palmer, Edward E. Num Pages: 408 pages, 106 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; KCB; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 780. . 1997. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare: An Economic Perspective
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521562627
• ISBN 13: 9780521562621
• Binding: Hardcover
• 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.