The Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty: Comparing Income Distributions - Hardcover

Creedy, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1858988012 ISBN 13: 9781858988016

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

Begins with an introduction to the measurement of inequality and poverty, stressing the role of value judgments. Subsequent chapters deal with cross-sectional comparisons; the choice of a transfer system; marginal indirect tax reform; the distributional effects of inflation; and dynamic aspects of income distribution, examining the complex relationship between cross-sectional and lifetime distributions, relative income mobility context, the relationship between social welfare and mobility, and the effects of income mobility on temporary and permanent poverty. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author:

John Creedy, The Truby Williams Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne, Australia

Review:

`. . . this book is likely to be of most interest to specialists in income distribution and tax-transfer systems. Since many of the original articles are not easily accessible, it is convenient to have them brought together.' -- S.P. Jenkins, Journal of Economics

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1858988012
• ISBN 13: 9781858988016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304