(eBook PDF) Poverty and Income Distribution 2nd Edition by Edward N. Wolff

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1405176601
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1405176606
• Author: Edward N. Wolff 

Written by a leading scholar in the field, this textbook provides a thorough introduction to the topic of income distribution and poverty, with additional emphasis on the issues of inequality and discrimination. This book features an empirical focus, and includes sections on basic statistics, as well as optional econometric studies and more advanced mathematical handling of inequality measurement. Utilizing data from various countries around the globe, including the US and Europe, this textbook is international in its scope and provides a comparative element that will aid students in their studies. Up-to-date and comprehensive in its coverage, this new edition supplies a self-contained course on income distribution and poverty.

Table contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Issues and Scope of Book

Chapter 2: Income, Earnings, and the Standard of Living

Chapter 3: Income Inequality: Its Measurement, Historical Trends, and International Comparisons

Chapter 4: Poverty: Definitions and Historical Trends

Chapter 5: Household Wealth

Chapter 6: Economic Mobility

Chapter 7: The Labor Force, Employment, and Unemployment

Chapter 8: The Role of Education and Skills

Chapter 9: Unions, Dual Labor Markets, and Structural Models of Earnings

Chapter 10: The Role of Savings and Intergenerational Transfers in Explaining Wealth Inequality

Chapter 11: Sources of Rising Earnings Inequality

Chapter 12: Discrimination: Meaning, Measurement, and Theory

Chapter 13: Racial Discrimination: Progress and Reversal for Black Americans

Chapter 14: The Gender–Wage Gap and Occupational Segregation

Chapter 15: Public Policy and Poverty Alleviation

Chapter 16: The Redistributional Effects of Public Policy

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