| Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare: An Economic Perspective Contributor(s): Gottschalk, Peter (Editor), Gustafsson, Bjorn A. (Editor), Palmer, Edward E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521142695 ISBN-13: 9780521142694 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory |
| Dewey: 339.22 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |