The Distribution and Redistribution of Income

This book brings together the many strands of formal analysis of income distribution and redistribution, which have developed since the early 1970s. Peter Lambert draws on several distinct traditions within economics, principally those of social policy analysis, welfare theory and public finance. The book adopts a consistent mathematical approach within a framework of analysis which is economical in manner. Upper level students and researchers in public economics/ public finance, especially income distribution and welfare economics.