The Distribution and Redistribution of Income
3rd Edition
Published on 3. January 2002
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-7190-5731-1 (ISBN)
Description
Provides an up-to-date synthesis of the many strands of distributional analysis used in the fields of social policy, welfare theory and public finance. Develops a consistent mathematical approach into a self-contained and unified treatment of the distribution and redistribution of income. Thoroughly updated edition of a well adopted textbook. Substantially enhanced by the inclusion of two new chapters on Poverty and Horizontal Inequity (unfairness in income taxes) - issues of popular interest in which there has been a great deal of recent theoretical research. A reference and resource work spanning several areas of economics not drawn together elsewhere. -- .
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-5731-1 (9780719057311)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
09/1993
2nd Edition
Manchester University Press
€75.71
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Person
Peter Lambert is Professor of Economics at the University of York
Content
Introduction and summary; the size distribution of income; Lorenz curves and welfare comparisons; social welfare and inequality aversion; abbreviated social welfare functions and inequality indices; poverty; the income tax; a progressive income tax schedule; income tax reform and social welfare; differences in income tax treatment; the net fiscal system.