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Jobs with equality [electronic resource] / Lane Kenworthy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenworthy, Lane.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Employment (Economic theory).
- Income distribution.
- Equality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Economic and social shifts have led to rising income inequality in the world's affluent countries. Lane Kenworthy offers a major new comprehensive and systematic assessment of the experiences of rich nations over the last 30 years.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Why should we care about inequality?
- Sources of equality and inequality : wages, jobs, households, and redistribution
- Measuring and analyzing employment performance
- Low-end wages
- Employment protection regulations
- Government benefits
- Taxes
- Skills
- Women-friendly policies
- Toward a high-employment, high-equality society.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-172072-0
- 0-19-955059-X
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