The Economies of Rising Inequalities

by Daniel Cohen, Thomas Piketty, Gilles Saint-Paul

Overview

Economists from around the industrialized world demonstrate the strength of both theories about the rise of economic inequality: that is it the mechanical consequence of changes in such economic fundamentals as technology and demographic parameters; and that it is the contingent consequence country-specific and time- specific changes in institutions. They find that though institutions always play a crucial role in shaping inequality and sometimes preventing it, still it creeps in. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199254026
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	10/28/2002
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Edited by Daniel Cohen, Professor of Economics, University of Paris I/Ecole normale supérieure, Thomas Piketty, Director of Studies, Department of Economics, EHESS, and Gilles Saint-Paul, Professor, Department of Economics, Université des Sciences Sociales, Toulouse

Table of Contents

Part I: Markets and Institutions
1. The Distribution of Earnings in Spain During the 1980s: The effects of skill, unemployment, and union power, Olympia Bover, Samuel Bentolila, and Manuel Arellano
2. Earnings Inequality in Portugal and Spain: Contrasts and similarities, Olga Cantó, Ana R. Cardoso, and Juan F. Jimeno
3. Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An alternative theory and some evidence, Daron Acemoglu
4. Does Competition at School Matter? A view based on the Italian and Japanese experiences, Giorgio Brunello and Tsuneo Ishikawa
5. The Causes of the 'Youth Employment Problem': A (labour) supply side view, Etienne Wasmer
6. Pareto-Improving Immigration in an Economy with Equilibrium Unemployment, Javier Ortega
Part II: Lifetime Inequalities and the Scope for Redistribution
7. Consumption Inequality and Income Uncertainty, Richard Blundell and Ian Preston
8. Income Redistribution Within the Life Cycle Versus Between Individuals: Empirical evidence using Swedish panel data, Anders Bjorkland and Mårten Palme
9. Earnings Dispersion, Low Pay, and Household Poverty in Italy, 1977-1998, Andrea Brandolini, Piero Cippollone, and Paolo Sestito
10. Changes in Home Production and Trends in Economic Inequality, Peter Gottschalk and Susan E. Mayer
11. Unequal Societies: Income distribution and the social contract, Roland Bénabou
12. Unemployment, Specialization, and Collective Preferences for Social Insurance, John Hassler, José V. Rodríguez Mora, Kjetil Storesletten, and Fabrizio Zilibotti

Editorial Reviews

"This volume provides a range of interesting arguments that make different and often important partial contributions to the explanation of recent trends in inequality."— Economic Geography

"The studies cover quite a broad set of issues affecting inequality ... The research agenda of these studies is rich and ambitious." —Industrial and Labor Relations Review

"The volume has many merits. All of the papers are well written, substantial, methodologically solid, and quite readable at the Masters level." —Industrial and Labor Relations Review

"... a valuable addition to the literature ... a collection on a mix of topics, with some papers you will want to refer back to and several that will likely give rise to extensive further studies." —Industrial and Labor Relations Review

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