The causes and consequences of increasing inequality / 
edited by Finis Welch. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  2001. 
 - vi, 379 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - The Bush School series in the economics of public policy ;  v. 2 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226893014 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00051220 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Income distribution--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC110.I5  / C38 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.2/0973