Income inequality economic disparities and the middle class in affluent countries / [electronic resource] : edited by Janet C. Gornick and Markus J�antti. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013. - xix, 515 p. : ill. - Studies in social inequality .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How has income inequality grown? : the reshaping of the income distribution in LIS countries / Arthur S. Alderson and Kevin Doran -- On the identification of the middle class / Anthony Atkinson and Andrea Brandolini -- Has rising inequality reduced middle-class income growth? / Lane Kenworthy -- Welfare regimes, cohorts and the middle classes / Louis Chauvel -- Political sources of government redistribution in high-income countries / Vincent A. Mahler, David K. Jesuit and Piotr R. Paradowski -- Income distribution, inequality perception and redistributive preferences in European countries / Istv�an Gy�orgy T�oth and Tam�as Keller -- Women's employment and household income inequality / Susan Harkness -- Women's employment, unpaid work, and economic inequality / Nancy Folbre, Janet C. Gornick, Helen Connolly and Teresa Munzi -- Women's work, family earnings, and public policy / Margarita Est�evez-Abe and Tanja Hethey -- The distribution of assets and debt / Eva Sierminska, Timothy M. Smeeding and Serge Allegrezza -- The joint distribution of income and wealth / Markus J�antti, Eva Sierminska and Philippe Van Kerm -- The fourth retirement pillar in rich countries / Bruce Bradbury -- Public pension entitlements and the distribution of wealth / Joachim R. Frick and Markus M. Grabka -- Income and wealth inequality in Japan / Colin McKenzie -- Income inequality in boom and bust : a tale from Iceland's bubble economy / Stef�an �Olafsson and Arnaldur S�olvi Kristj�ansson -- Horizontal and vertical inequalities in India / Reeve Vanneman and Amaresh Dubey -- Post-apartheid changes in South African inequality / Murray Leibbrandt, Ingrid Woolard and Arden Finn.


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Income distribution.
Middle class.


Electronic books.

HC79.I5 / I486 2013eb

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