- 258 pages
- English
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About this book
This title was first published in 1991: This collection focuses on the concepts and measurements of inequality, poverty, the concentration of wealth, and the implications of these issues for social policies. A special feature of this work is the international comparisons of the evidence on economic inequality.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Introduction
- 1. The Measurement of Income Inequality
- 2. Cross-National Comparisons of Inequality and Poverty Position
- 3. Global Economic Inequality and Its Trends Since 1950
- 4. The Distribution of Household Wealth: Methodological Issues, Time Trends, and Cross-Sectional Comparisons
- 5. The Definition and Measurement of Poverty
- 6. Short- and Long-Term Poverty in the United States: Measuring the American "Underclass"
- 7. Social Security and Income Redistribution
- 8. The Impact of Government Tax and Expenditure Programs on the Distribution of Income in the United States
- Conclusion
- Index
- Contributors