Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare: An Economic Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521142694)

This book examines the income distributional experience of fifteen developed economies over the past two decades. It considers the effects on the inequality of household income of the development of individual earnings, unemployment, inflation, public sector transfers and taxes, and demographic changes. Chapters are devoted to the experiences of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, West and former East Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Holland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Author: Peter Gottschalk
ISBN-10: 0521142695
ISBN-13: 9780521142694
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/10/2010
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d