Inequalities : theory, experiments and applications / edited by Patrick Moyes, Christian Seidl, Anthony Shorrocks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moyes, Patrick.

Seidl, Christian.

Shorrocks, Anthony F.

Series:

Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie. Supplementum ; 9.

Journal of economics = Zeitschrit für Nationalökonomie. Supplement, 0084-537X ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution.

Income tax.

Physical Description:

ix, 363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wien ; New York : Springer, [2002]

Contents:

Progression-neutral income tax reforms and horizontal inequity / Maria Cubel and Peter J. Lambert

Welfare, inequality and the transformation of incomes : the case of weighted income distributions / Udo Ebert and Patrick Moyes

Shapley inequality decomposition by factor components : some methodological issues / Mercedes Sastre and Alain Trannoy

Approximating unanimity orderings : an application to Lorenz dominance / Anthony Shorrocks and Daniel Slottje

Inverse stochastic dominance, inequality measurement and Gini indices / Claudio Zoli

How should income be divided? : questionnaire evidence from the theory of "impartial preferences" / Michele Bernasconi

The choice of inequality measure in empirical research on distributive judgments / André Decoster and Erik Schokkaert

Equitable taxation : qualitative versus quantitative ratings / Stefan Traub

The over-generous boon : tax splitting in Germany / Christian Seidl

Bootstrapping inequality measures under the null hypothesis : is it worth the effort? / Mark Trede

Inference on inequality measures : a Monte Carlo experiment / Philippe Van Kerm

Poverty persistence in Britain : a multivariate analysis using the BHPS, 1991-1997 / Francesco Devicienti

How much low income turnover is there in Belgium? / Philippe Van Kerm.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3211837140

OCLC:

49631925