Dynamics of inequality and poverty

This volume consists of a number of papers related to the theme of the dynamics of inequality and poverty. These are subdivided into four separate parts. The five chapters in Part I of this volume are concerned with inequality and poverty over extended time periods. Bandyopadhyay and Cowell deal wit...

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Other Authors Creedy, John, 1949-, Kalb, Guyonne
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2006.
SeriesResearch on economic inequality ; v. 13.
Subjects
Equality.
Poverty.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849504454
ISSN1049-2585 ;
DOI10.1016/S1049-2585(2006)13
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 356 p.).

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Table of Contents:
  • Wealth inequality : lifetime and cross-sectional views / Simon Kelly
  • Do poor children become poor adults? Lessons from a cross-country comparison of generational earnings mobility / Miles Corak
  • Family size and child achievement / Nathan D. Grawe
  • Parental income and the choice of participation in university, polytechnic or employment at age 18 : a longitudinal study / Sholeh A. Maani
  • Skills, computerization and income inequality in the postwar U.S. economy / Edward N. Wolff
  • Bayesian assessment of Lorenz and Stochastic dominance in income distributions / Duangkamon Chotikapanich, William E. Griffiths
  • Vulnerable households and variable incomes / Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Frank A. Cowell
  • Who are the chronic poor? An econometric analysis of chronic poverty in Germany / Martin Biewen
  • Defining and measuring extreme poverty / Paul Makdissi, Quentin Wodon
  • Theil, inequality indices and decomposition / Frank A. Cowell
  • Simulating cohort labour earnings for Australia / Justin van de Ven
  • The distributional effects of taxation in Australia and the United Kingdom : evidence from microsimulations / Justin van de Ven.

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