Title Changing patterns in the distribution of economic welfare : an international perspective / edited by Peter Gottschalk, Björn A. Gustafsson, and Edward Palmer

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (x, 397 pages) : illustrations 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, l979-l990 / 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Income distribution -- Case studies Transfer payments -- Case studies POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics. Income distribution Transfer payments Inkomensverdeling. Welvaartseconomie. Genre/Form Case studies Casestudies (vorm) Form Electronic book Author Gottschalk, Peter, 1942- Gustafsson, Björn Palmer, Edward E., 1945- LC no. 96013019 ISBN 0511002564 9780511002564

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