Handbook of income distribution / edited by Anthony B. Atkinson, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK, Francois Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics, Paris, France.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Anthony, author.

Contributor:

Atkinson, Anthony B., editor.

Bourguignon, François, editor.

Series:

Handbooks in economics.

Handbooks in Economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5459 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : North-Holland, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Two authoritative volumes summarize advances in core knowledge about income inequality and mobility, evidence, policies, and techniques as well as new subjects and promising areas of interest.

Contents:

Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Series; Volume 2A: Handbook of Income Distribution; Volume 2B: Handbook of Income Distribution; Copyright; Contributors; Introduction: Income Distribution Today; 1 Setting the Scene; 2 Different Facets of Inequality; 3 Data on Inequality; 4 Taking Economic Theory Seriously; 5 The Role of Policy; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Volume 2A; Part I. Concept and Approaches; Chapter 1: The Principal Problem in Political Economy: Income Distribution in the History of Economic Thought; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Positive Economics of Income Distribution1.3 Value Judgments and Redistribution; 1.4 Concluding Reflections; Acknowledgments; Chapter 2: Inequality, Income, and Well-Being; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A Brief Historical Sketch; 2.3 Inequality of What?; 2.4 Multidimensional Inequality and Dominance; 2.5 Applications; 2.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgment; Chapter 3: Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Preliminaries: Dimensions, Indicators, and Weights; 3.3 Multidimensional Poverty Measurement; 3.4 Multidimensional Inequality Measurement

3.5 Summary and ConclusionsAcknowledgments; Chapter 4: Equality of Opportunity; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Egalitarian Political Philosophy Since Rawls; 4.3 A Model and Algorithm for Equal-Opportunity Policy; 4.4 A More General Approach; 4.5 The Fleurbaey-Maniquet Approach; 4.6 Economic Development; 4.7 Dynamics; 4.8 Preparing the Ground for Empirical Analysis; 4.9 Do People Advocate EOp? Lessons from Questionnaires and Experiments; 4.10 Inequality of Opportunity: Measurement Issues and Empirical Results; 4.11 Results; 4.12 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Chapter 5: Polarization; Abstract

5.1 Introduction5.2 Motivation; 5.3 Notation; 5.4 Income Polarization; 5.5 Bipolarization; 5.6 Social Polarization; 5.7 Socioeonomic Polarization; 5.8 Multidimensional Polarization; 5.9 Polarization in Practice; 5.10 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Chapter 6: Statistical Methods for Distributional Analysis; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Data; 6.3 Density Estimation; 6.4 Welfare Indices; 6.5 Distributional Comparisons; 6.6 Other Estimation Problems; 6.7 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Part II. Evidence; Chapter 7: Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth; Abstract

7.1 Introduction7.2 Long-Run Trends in Income Inequality; 7.3 Long-Run Trends in Wealth Inequality; 7.4 Determinants of Long-Run Trends in Inequality; 7.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks; Appendix; Acknowledgments; Chapter 8: Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and Poverty: Rich and Middle-Income Countries; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Choosing a Yardstick and Its Components; 8.3 Poverty Measurement and Trends; 8.4 Inequality in Income; 8.5 Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Chapter 9: Recent Trends in Inequality and Poverty in Developing Countries; Abstract

9.1 Introduction

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 2, 2015).

ISBN:

9780444594761

0444594760

9780444594303

0444594302

OCLC:

903609589