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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969772303321

Autore

Attanasio Orazio P

Titolo

Inequality in Living Standards since 1980 : Income Tells Only a Small Part of the Story

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : AEI Press, 2010

ISBN

9786613029430

9781283029438

128302943X

9780844743721

0844743720

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BattistinErich

PadulaMario

Disciplina

325.73

339.4/20973

339.420973

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - United States

Consumption (Economics) --United States

Cost and standard of living - United States

Cost and standard of living --United States

Foreign workers - Government policy - United States

Income distribution - United States

Income distribution --United States

United Staes - Emigration and immigration

Unskilled labor - United States

Business & Economics

Labor & Workers' Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustration List; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; References; About the Authors; Boilerplate

Sommario/riassunto

Studies of wage and income inequality among U.S. citizens over the



past thirty years have engendered the common wisdom that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. But is it really that simple? In Inequality in Living Standards since 1980 the authors contend that the evolution of income and wage inequalities offers only a partial picture of changes in prosperity in recent decades.