The economics of rising inequalities / edited by Daniel Cohen, Thomas Piketty and Gilles Saint-Paul.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Daniel.

Piketty, Thomas, 1971-

Saint-Paul, Gilles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution.

Labor economics.

Welfare economics.

Social security.

Income distribution--Europe--Case studies.

Income distribution--United States.

United States.

Income distribution--Japan.

Japan.

Europe.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

The Economics of Rising Inequalities brings together work by leading economists on the rise of inequality in the United States and some European countries that has been observed in the last two decades. These contributions are both theoretical and empirical, and address topics such as the role of organizational change at the firm level, the political economy of inequality and redistributive institutions, the contribution of search and matching and segregation by skills, and new empirical evidence on the underlying anatomy of inequality.

Contents:

Part I. Markets and Institutions

1. The Distribution of Earnings in Spain during the 1980s: The Effects of Skill, Unemployment, and Union Power / Olympia Bover, Samuel Bentolila, Manuel Arellano 3

2. Earnings Inequality in Portugal and Spain: Contrasts and Similarities / Olga Canto, Ana R. Cardoso, Juan F. Jimeno 55

3. Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence / Daron Acemoglu 75

4. Does Competition at School Matter? A View Based upon the Italian and Japanese Experiences / Giorgio Brunello, Tsuneo Ishikawa 103

5. The Causes of the 'Youth Employment Problem': A (Labour) Supply Side View / Etienne Wasmer 133

6. Pareto-Improving Immigration in an Economy with Equilibrium Unemployment / Javier Ortega 147

Part II. Lifetime Inequalities and the Scope for Redistribution

7. Consumption Inequality and Income Uncertainty / Richard Blundell, Ian Preston 171

8. Income Redistribution within the Life Cycle Versus Between Individuals: Empirical Evidence Using Swedish Panel Data / Anders Bjorklund, Marten Palme 205

9. Earnings Dispersion, Low Pay and Household Poverty in Italy, 1977-98 / Andrea Brandolini, Piero Cipollone, Paolo Sestito 225

10. Changes in Home Production and Trends in Economic Inequality / Peter Gottschalk, Susan E. Mayer 265

11. Unequal Societies: Income Distribution and the Social Contract / Roland Benabou 285

12. Unemployment, Specialization, and Collective Preferences for Social Insurance / John Hassler, Jose V. Rodriguez Mora, Kjetil Storesletten, Fabrizio Zilibotti 331.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199254028

OCLC:

49942424