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Titolo: The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality

edited by Salverda Wiemer, Nolan Brian and Smeeding Timothy M.

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Oxford Handbooks in Economics
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Series: Oxford Handbooks Series
Format: Hardcover, 848pp
Pub. Date: April 2009
numerous tables and figures

246x171mm

ISBN - 13: 978-0-19-923137-9
ISBN: 0199231370
Price: £85.00  € 150,00
Sales Rank: 371,436

The essential guide for students and researchers interested in economic inequality

Contains 27 original research contributions from the top names in economic inequality

The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality presents a new and challenging analysis of economic inequality, focusing primarily on economic inequality in highly developed countries. Bringing together the world's top scholars this comprehensive and authoritative volume contains an impressive array of original research on topics ranging from gender to happiness, from poverty to top incomes, and from employers to the welfare state. The authors give their view on the state-of-the-art of scientific research in their fields of expertise and add their own stimulating visions on future research. Ideal as an overview of the latest, cutting-edge research on economic inequality, this is a must have reference for students and researchers alike.

Readership: Students, researchers, and policy makers with an interest in the economics of inequality and more generally those in related disciplines of development studies, politics, business, demography, and sociology.

Edited by Wiemer Salverda, Director of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies AIAS of the University of Amsterdam, and Coordinator of the European Low-wage Employment Research network LoWER, Brian Nolan, Economic and Social Research Institute ESRI and Network of Excellence EQUALSOC, and Timothy M. Smeeding, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Luxembourg Income Study LIS

Contributors:

Anders Bjorklund, Stockholm University

Francine D. Blau, Cornell University

Andrea Brandolini, Banca d'Italia

Richard V. Burkhauser, Cornell University

Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution

Daniele Checchi, L'Università degli Studi di Milano

Kenneth A. Couch, University of Connecticut

James B. Davies, University of Western Ontario

Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Francisco H.G. Ferreira, The World Bank

Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica-C.S.I.C. Barcelona

Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University

The Late Andrew Glyn, University of Oxford

Mary B. Gregory, University of Oxford

Markus Jäntti, Abo Akademi University

Christopher Jencks, Harvard University

Stephen Jenkins, ISER, University of Essex

Martin Kahanec, IZA, Bonn

Lawrence M. Kahn, Cornell University

Julia Lane, University of Chicago

Andrew Leigh, Australian National University

Claudio Lucifora, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Stephen Machin, University College London

Ive Marx, University of Antwerp

Nolan McCarty, Princeton University

John Myles, University of Toronto

Brian Nolan, University College Dublin

Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University

Martin Ravallion, The World Bank

John E. Roemer, Yale University

Wiemer Salverda, University of Amsterdam

Timothy M. Smeeding, Syracuse University

Philippe van Kerm, CEPS/INSTEAD

Bernard van Praag, University of Amsterdam

Jelle Visser, University of Amsterdam

Sarah Voitchovsky, University of Oxford

Klaus F. Zimmermann, IZA, Bonn

Table of contents:

Part 1 Inequality: Overview, Concepts and Measurement

1: Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan and Timothy M. Smeeding: Introduction: The scope and worries of economic inequality

2: John E. Roemer: Concepts and theories of inequality

3: Stephen Jenkins and Philippe van Kerm: The measurement of economic inequality

Part 2 The Extent of Inequality

4: Andrea Brandolini and Timothy M. Smeeding: Income inequality

5: Andrew Glyn: Functional and personal distribution

6: James B. Davies: Wealth and economic inequality

7: Andrew Leigh: High incomes and inequality

Part 3 Earnings inequality

8: Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn: Inequality and earnings distribution

9: Julia Lane: Inequality and the labour market: employers

10: Jelle Visser and Daniele Checchi: Inequality and the labour market: unions

11: Claudio Lucifora and Wiemer Salverda: Low pay

12: Mary B. Gregory: Gender and economic inequality

Part 4 Dimensions of inequality

13: Brian Nolan and Ive Marx: Inequality, poverty and exclusion

14: Nancy Folbre: Inequality, consumption and time use

15: Bernard van Praag and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell: Inequality and happiness

16: Andrew Leigh, Christopher Jencks and Timothy M. Smeeding: Health and economic inequalities

17: Stephen Machin: Inequality and education

Part 5 The Dynamics of Inequality

18: Gary Burtless: Demographic transformation and economic inequality

19: Klaus F. Zimmermann and Martin Kahanec: International migration, ethnicity and economic inequality

20: Anders Bjorklund and Markus Jäntti: Intergenerational economic inequality

21: Richard V. Burkhauser and Kenneth A. Couch: Intragenerational inequality and intertemporal mobility

Part 6 Global perspectives on inequality

22: Sarah Voitchovsky: Inequality, growth and sectoral change

23: Richard B. Freeman: Trade, skills and globalization

24: Francisco H.G. Ferreira and Martin Ravallion: Poverty and Inequality: The Global Context

Part 7 Can inequalities be changed?

25: Gøsta Esping-Andersen and John Myles: Economic inequality and the welfare state

26: Nolan McCarty and Jonas Pontusson: Inequality and policy making

27: John E. Roemer: Prospects for achieving equality in market economies