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Changing Inequality / / Rebecca M. Blank



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Autore: Blank Rebecca M. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Changing Inequality / / Rebecca M. Blank Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
©2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
Disciplina: 339.20973
Soggetto topico: Equality - Economic aspects - United States
Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States
Income distribution - United States
Income distribution -- United States
United States - Economic conditions
United States -- Economic conditions
Income distribution - Economic aspects - United States
Equality - United States
Business & Economics
Economic History
Soggetto geografico: United States Economic conditions
Soggetto non controllato: 21st century economics
american economy
american income
american wage structure
books for econ majors
business
economic patterns
economic research
economic researchers
economy and family roles
economy forecast
future of economy
gender pay gap
history of us economy
improving the economy
income inequality
macroeconomics
money and power
political science
power and wealth
social scientists
unequal pay
us economics
us income patterns
us public policy
women and economy
women in workforce
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Changes in Income and Earnings -- Part II. Can Inequality Be Reduced? -- Appendix 1. Details of the Chapter 2 Simulation and Appendix Figures -- Appendix 2. Income Components by Decile -- Appendix 3. Details of the Chapter 4 Simulations -- Appendix 4. Details of the Chapter 6 Simulations -- Notes -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Rebecca M. Blank offers the first comprehensive analysis of an economic trend that has been reshaping the United States over the past three decades: rapidly rising income inequality. In clear language, she provides an overview of how and why the level and distribution of income and wealth has changed since 1979, sets this situation within its historical context, and investigates the forces that are driving it. Among other factors, Blank looks closely at changes within families, including women's increasing participation in the work force. The book includes some surprising findings-for example, that per-person income has risen sharply among almost all social groups, even as income has become more unequally distributed. Looking toward the future, Blank suggests that while rising inequality will likely be with us for many decades to come, it is not an inevitable outcome. Her book considers what can be done to address this trend, and also explores the question: why should we be concerned about this phenomenon?
Titolo autorizzato: Changing Inequality  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27843-X
9786613278432
0-520-95019-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781492703321
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Serie: Wildavsky Forum Series