Economic Development, the Family, and Income Distribution: Selected Essays

ISBN-13: 9780521343848 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 472 str.

Simon Kuznets

Opis

This collection of essays by 1971 Nobel Prize winner Simon Kuznets, published posthumously, represents the primary concerns of his research at a late phase of his career, as well as themes from his earlier work.

Recenzje

"Throughout this book...the elegant simplicity, but extraordinary power of Kuznets' vision is palpable." Journal of Economic Literature

Spis treści

Preface Louis Galambos and Robert Gallman; Foreword Richard A. Easterlin; 1. Driving forces of economic growth: what can we learn from history? 2. A note on production structure and aggregate growth; 3. The pattern of shift of labor force from agriculture, 1950–70; 4. Modern economic growth and the less developed countries; 5. Notes on demographic change; 6. Recent population trends in less developed countries and implications for internal income inequality; 7. Demographic aspects of the size distrubution of income: an exploratory essay; 8. Size and age structure of family households: exploratory comparisons; 9. Size of households and income disparities; 10. Distributions of households by size: differences and trends; 11. Children and adults in the income distribution; Afterword Robert William Fogel; Bibliography of Simon Kuznets; Index.