Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables and Illustrations
Part I: Inequality: Overview, Concepts, and Measurement
Introduction: The Scope and Worries of Economic Inequality
Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, and Tim Smeeding
Concepts and Theories of Inequality
John Roemer (Yale University)
The Measurement of Economic Inequality
Stephen Jenkins (Essex) and Philippe Van Kerm (CEPS/INSTEAD)
Part II: The Extent of Inequality
Income Inequality in OECD Countries
Tim Smeeding (Syracuse University) and Andrea Brandolini (Banca d'Italia)
Functional and Personal Distribution
The Late Andrew Glyn (Oxford)
Wealth and Economic Inequality
Jim Davies (University of Western Ontario)
High Incomes and Inequality
Andrew Leigh (Australian National University)
Part III: Earnings Inequality
Inequality and Earnings Distribution
Francine Blau (Cornell) and Larry Kahn (Cornell)
Inequality and the Labor Market: Employers
Julia Lane (University of Chicago)
Inequality and the Labor Market: Unions
Jelle Visser (University of Amsterdam) and Daniele Checchi (L'Università degli Studi di Milano)
Appendix
Low Pay
Claudio Lucifora (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) and Wiemer Salverda (University of Amsterdam)
Gender and Economic Inequality
Mary B. Gregory (Oxford)
Part IV: Dimensions of Inequality
Inequality, Poverty, and Exclusion
Brian Nolan (ESRI) and Ive Marx (University of Antwerp)
Inequality, Consumption, and Time Use
Nancy Folbre (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Inequality and Happiness
Bernard Van Praag (University of Amsterdam) and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (University of Amsterdam)
Health and Economic Inequality
Andrew Leigh (Australian National University), Sandy Jencks (Harvard), and Tim Smeeding (Syracuse University)
Inequality and Education
Stephen Machin (UCL)
Part V: The Dynamics of Inequality
Demographic Transformation and Economic Inequality
Gary Burtless (The Brooking Institution)
Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality
Klaus Zimmermann (IZA, Bonn) and Martin Kahanec (IZA, Bonn)
Intergenerational Economic Inequality
Anders Bjorklund (Stockholm University) and Markus Jäntti (UNU WIDER)
Intragenerational Inequality and Intertemporal Mobility
Rich Burkhauser (Cornell) and Ken Couch (University of Connecticut)
Part VI: Global Perspectives on Inequality
Inequality Growth and Sectoral Change
Sarah Voitchovsky (Oxford)
Trade, Skills and Globalization
Richard Freeman (National Bureau of Economic Research)
Poverty and inequality: the global context
Martin Ravallion (World Bank) and Francisco Ferreira
Part VII: Can Inequalities be Changed?
Economic Inequality and the Welfare State
Gøsta Esping-Andersen (University of Pompeu Fabra) and John Myles (University of Toronto)
Inequality and Policy Making
Nolan McCarty (Princeton) and Jonas Pontusson (Princeton)
Prospects for Achieving Equality in Market Economies
John E. Roemer (Yale)
About the Contributors
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