Poverty and income distribution

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Title:

Author:

Wolff, Edward N.

ISBN:

9781405176606

Personal Author:

Wolff, Edward N.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Physical Description:

xvi, 650 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

General Note:

Previous ed.: published as Economics of poverty inequality and discrimination. Cincinnati, Ohio: South-Western College Pub., 1997.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction : issues and scope of book -- Ch. 2. Income, earnings, and the standard of living -- Ch. 3. Income inequality : its measurement, historical trends, and international comparisons -- Ch. 4. Poverty : definitions and historical trends -- Ch. 5. Household wealth -- Ch. 6. Economic mobility -- Ch. 7. The labor force, employment, and unemployment -- Ch. 8. The role of education and skills -- Ch. 9. Unions, dual labor markets, and structural models of earnings -- Ch. 10. The role of savings and intergenerational transfers in explaining wealth inequality -- Ch. 11. Sources of rising earnings inequality -- Ch. 12. Discrimination : meaning, measurement, and theory -- Ch. 13. Racial discrimination : progress and reversal for black Americans -- Ch. 14. The gender-wage gap and occupational segregation -- Ch. 15. Public policy and poverty alleviation -- Ch. 16. The redistributional effects of public policy.

Abstract:

"Written by a leading scholar in the field, this textbook provides a thorough introduction to the topic of income distribution and poverty, with additional emphasis on the issues of inequality and discrimination. This book features an empirical focus, and includes sections on basic statistics as well as optional econometric studies and more advanced mathematical handling of inequality measurement. Utilizing data from various countries around the globe, including the US and Europe, this textbook is international in its scope and provides a comparative element that will aid students in their studies. Up-to-date and comprehensive in its coverage, this new edition supplies a self-contained course on income distribution and poverty."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Poverty.

Income distribution.

Added Author:

Wolff, Edward N. Economics of poverty inequality and discrimination.

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Poverty and Income Distribution 2E

Written by a leading scholar in the field, this textbook provides a thorough introduction to the topic of income distribution and poverty, with additional emphasis on the issues of inequality and discrimination. This book features an empirical focus, and includes sections on basic statistics, as well as optional econometric studies and more advanced mathematical handling of inequality measurement. Utilizing data from various countries around the globe, including the US and Europe, this textbook is international in its scope and provides a comparative element that will aid students in their studies. Up-to-date and comprehensive in its coverage, this new edition supplies a self-contained course on income distribution and poverty.