The Personal Distribution of Income in an International Perspective

Irene Becker and Richard Hauser "Bringing Income Distribution in From The Cold" was the title Anthony B. Atkinson gave his Presidential Address to the Royal Economic Society in 1996. This provocative formulation was intended to draw attention to the way in which the subject of income distr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hauser, Richard (Editor), Becker, Irene (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Development of Wages in Germany in the 1990s — Descriptions and Explanations
  • Labor Income Mobility — Germany, the USA and Great Britain Compared
  • The Distribution of Personal Income: Complex Yet Over-Simplified
  • Changes in the Distribution of Pre-Govemment and Post-Govemment Income in Germany 1973 – 1993
  • The Distribution of Income of Self-employed, Entrepreneurs and Professions as Revealed from Micro Income Tax Statistics in Germany
  • Trends in the UK Income Distribution
  • Income Distribution and Income Mobility — Recent Trends in Sweden
  • Public Transfers, Income Distribution, and Poverty in Germany and in the United States
  • Changing Income Inequality in OECD Countries: Updated Results from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
  • Old Age Pension Systems and Income Distribution Among the Eiderly: Germany and the United States Compared