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The causes and consequences of increasing inequality / edited by Finis Welch.

Contributor(s): Series: The Bush School series in the economics of public policy ; v. 2Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.Description: vi, 379 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0226893014 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.2/0973 21
LOC classification:
  • HC110.I5 C38 2001
Contents:
Trends in wage inequality in the United States / Donald R. Deere -- Decreasing (and increasing) inequality in America: a tale of two half-centuries / Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz -- Why is wealth inequality rising? / James P. Smith -- Earnings inequality in international perspective / Franco Peracchi -- Mobility within and between generations / Gary Solon -- Schooling, inequality, and the impact of government / Eric A. Hanushek, Julie A. Somers -- Government policy and wage inequality: regulation, incentives, and opportunities / Marvin H. Kosters -- Trade, immigration, and wage distribution / William Cline -- Industrial change and the demand for skill / Kevin Murphy, Finis Welch -- Inequalities in income and inequalities in health / Angus Deaton -- IQ, success in life, and inequality: the ambiguous merits of meritocracy / Charles Murray -- Wage differentials in the 1990s: is the glass half-full or half-empty? / Kevin Murphy, Finis Welch.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks HC110 .I5 C38 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000687383

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Trends in wage inequality in the United States / Donald R. Deere -- Decreasing (and increasing) inequality in America: a tale of two half-centuries / Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz -- Why is wealth inequality rising? / James P. Smith -- Earnings inequality in international perspective / Franco Peracchi -- Mobility within and between generations / Gary Solon -- Schooling, inequality, and the impact of government / Eric A. Hanushek, Julie A. Somers -- Government policy and wage inequality: regulation, incentives, and opportunities / Marvin H. Kosters -- Trade, immigration, and wage distribution / William Cline -- Industrial change and the demand for skill / Kevin Murphy, Finis Welch -- Inequalities in income and inequalities in health / Angus Deaton -- IQ, success in life, and inequality: the ambiguous merits of meritocracy / Charles Murray -- Wage differentials in the 1990s: is the glass half-full or half-empty? / Kevin Murphy, Finis Welch.

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