Economic Inequality and Income Distribution

ISBN-13: 9780521580557 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 426 str.

D. G. Champernowne (University of Cambridge);F. A. Cowell (London School of Economics and Political Scien

Opis

Economic inequality has become a focus of prime interest for economic analysts and policy makers. This book provides an integrated approach to the topics of inequality and personal income distribution. It covers the practical and theoretical bases for inequality analysis and income distribution as well as providing applications to real world problems. Special attention is given to an assessment of the merits and weaknesses of standard economic models and to illustrating the implications of distributional mechanisms using real data and illustrative examples.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Why bother about inequality?; 2. Steps in the study of economic inequality; 3. Inequality and history; 4. Inequality, meaning and measurement; 5. Social welfare and inequality analysis; 6. Determinants of economic inequality; 7. The distribution of income from employment; 8. The dynamics of earnings; 9. The distribution of wealth; 10. Fantastic models of wealth distribution; 11. Stochastic models of wealth and income distribution; 12. Policy; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.