Changing patterns in the distribution of economic welfare : an international perspective / edited by Peter Gottschalk, Björn Gustafsson, and Edward Palmer.
| Other author | Gottschalk, Peter, 1942- |
| Other author | Gustafsson, Björn. |
| Other author | Palmer, Edward E., 1945- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
| Description | x, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | What's behind the increase in inequality? an introduction / Peter Gottschalk, Björn Gustafsson, Edward Palmer -- Policy changes and growing earnings inequality in the US and six other OECD countries / Peter Gottschalk -- A survey of income inequality over the last twenty years - how does the UK compare? / Karen Gardiner -- Economic adjustment and distributional change : income inequality and poverty in Australia in the 1980s / Peter Saunders -- Unemployment, unemployment insurance and the distribution of income in Canada in the 1980s / Lars Osberg, Sadettin Erksoy, Shelley Phipps -- Distribution of economic well-being in Japan : towards a more unequal society / Toshiaki Tachibanaki, Tadashi Yagi -- Income inequality and poverty under transition from rapid inflation to stabilisation : Israel, 1979-1990 / Lea Achdut -- Changes in inequality in Greece in the 1970s and the 1980s / Panos Tsakloglou -- The development of income distribution in the Federal Republic of Germany during the 1970s and 1980s / Richard Hauser, Irene Becker -- Income inequality and poverty in Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s / Tim Callan, Brian Nolan --Income distribution in France : the mid 1980s turning point / Pierre Concialdi -- The distribution of economic well-being in the Netherlands, its evolution in the 1980s and the role of demographic change / Ruud Muffels, Jan Nelissen -- Changes in Swedish inequality : a study of equivalent income, 1975-1991 / Björn Gustafsson, Edward Palmer -- Income inequality and poverty in Finland in the 1980s / Markus Jäntti, Veli-Matti Ritakallio -- Disparities in the economic well-being of Hungarian society from the late 1970s to the 1980s / Ödön Éltetö -- The emergence of the labour market and earnings distribution : the case of the Czech Republic / Jiří Večerník. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 96013019 |
| ISBN | 0521562627 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HC79.I5 C454 1997 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |