The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality presents a new and definitive analysis of economic inequality in developed countries. Bringing together the world's top scholars, this comprehensive and authoritative volume contains an impressive array of original research on topics in economic inequality.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
This book should be of interest to a vast audience. . . All chapters are clearly written and accessible, even for non specialists. This Handbook covers almost all the themes that are of importance to those interested in economic inequality, whether from a theoretical, empirical or policymaking perspective, which is a great achievement indeed. Jacques Silber, Journal of Economic Inequality
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