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The Oxford Handbook of Economics Inequality

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables and Illustrations



Part I: Inequality: Overview, Concepts, and Measurement



1. Introduction: The Scope and Worries of Economic Inequality
   Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, and Tim Smeeding
   
   
2. Concepts and Theories of Inequality
   John Roemer (Yale University)
   
   
3. The Measurement of Economic Inequality
   Stephen Jenkins (Essex) and Philippe Van Kerm (CEPS/INSTEAD)
   
   

   Part II: The Extent of Inequality
   
   

4. Income Inequality in OECD Countries
   Tim Smeeding (Syracuse University) and Andrea Brandolini (Banca d'Italia)
   
   
5. Functional and Personal Distribution
   The Late Andrew Glyn (Oxford)
   
   
6. Wealth and Economic Inequality
   Jim Davies (University of Western Ontario)
   
   
7. High Incomes and Inequality
   Andrew Leigh (Australian National University)
   
   

   Part III: Earnings Inequality
   
   

8. Inequality and Earnings Distribution
   Francine Blau (Cornell) and Larry Kahn (Cornell)
   
   
9. Inequality and the Labor Market: Employers
   Julia Lane (University of Chicago)
   
   
10. Inequality and the Labor Market: Unions
    Jelle Visser (University of Amsterdam) and Daniele Checchi (L'Università degli Studi di Milano)
    Appendix
    
    
11. Low Pay
    Claudio Lucifora (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) and Wiemer Salverda (University of Amsterdam)
    
    
12. Gender and Economic Inequality
    Mary B. Gregory (Oxford)
    
    

    Part IV: Dimensions of Inequality
    
    

13. Inequality, Poverty, and Exclusion
    Brian Nolan (ESRI) and Ive Marx (University of Antwerp)
    
    
14. Inequality, Consumption, and Time Use
    Nancy Folbre (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
    
    
15. Inequality and Happiness
    Bernard Van Praag (University of Amsterdam) and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (University of Amsterdam)
    
    
16. Health and Economic Inequality
    Andrew Leigh (Australian National University), Sandy Jencks (Harvard), and Tim Smeeding (Syracuse University)
    
    
17. Inequality and Education
    Stephen Machin (UCL)
    
    

    Part V: The Dynamics of Inequality
    
    

18. Demographic Transformation and Economic Inequality
    Gary Burtless (The Brooking Institution)
    
    
19. Migration, Ethnicity and Economic Inequality
    Klaus Zimmermann (IZA, Bonn) and Martin Kahanec (IZA, Bonn)
    
    
20. Intergenerational Economic Inequality
    Anders Bjorklund (Stockholm University) and Markus Jäntti (UNU WIDER)
    
    
21. Intragenerational Inequality and Intertemporal Mobility
    Rich Burkhauser (Cornell) and Ken Couch (University of Connecticut)
    
    

    Part VI: Global Perspectives on Inequality
    
    

22. Inequality Growth and Sectoral Change
    Sarah Voitchovsky (Oxford)
    
    
23. Trade, Skills and Globalization
    Richard Freeman (National Bureau of Economic Research)
    
    
24. Poverty and inequality: the global context
    Martin Ravallion (World Bank) and Francisco Ferreira
    
    

    Part VII: Can Inequalities be Changed?
    
    

25. Economic Inequality and the Welfare State
    Gøsta Esping-Andersen (University of Pompeu Fabra) and John Myles (University of Toronto)
    
    
26. Inequality and Policy Making
    Nolan McCarty (Princeton) and Jonas Pontusson (Princeton)
    
    
27. Prospects for Achieving Equality in Market Economies
    John E. Roemer (Yale)
    
    About the Contributors
    
    Index
    

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