Income distribution / Fred Campano, Dominick Salvatore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campano, Fred.

Contributor:

Salvatore, Dominick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution.

Income distribution--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Income Distribution' was written primarily as a textbook intended for undergraduate economics majors. Each chapter is logically connected with the preceding chapters, providing a general overview of income distribution and its applications.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Income Concept; 3 The Income Density Function; 4 Goodness of Fit; 5 Alternative Income Density Models; 6 Income Distribution Summary Measures; 7 Income Inequality; 8 Poverty; 9 Country Comparisons; 10 Economic Development and Income Distribution; 11 Growth and Poverty in a Globalizing World; 12 Redistribution of Income; 13 Integrating Macroeconomic Models with Income Distribution Models; Appendix I: Quintiles Shares and Upper Decile Share of Income-Per Capita Income Given in 1990 U.S. Dollars

Appendix II: United States: Historical Shares of Income by Quintile of HouseholdAppendix III: Software Instructions; References; Name Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; K; L; M; P; Q; R; S; T; U

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-029378-0

1-280-84631-3

0-19-804122-5

1-4356-1849-1

9786610846313

OCLC:

727479970