The Distribution and Redistribution of Income: Third EditionManchester University Press, 2001 - 313 pagine 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. |
Sommario
The size distribution of income | 13 |
Lorenz curves and welfare comparisons | 44 |
Social welfare and inequality aversion | 84 |
Abbreviated social welfare functions and inequality indices | 106 |
Poverty | 133 |
The income tax | 174 |
A progressive income tax schedule | 187 |
Income tax reform and social welfare | 219 |
Differences in income tax treatment | 237 |
The net fiscal system | 263 |
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analysis Atkinson index Atkinson theorem average chapter common poverty lines concentration curve criterion decomposition defined Describe disproportionality distribution F distribution function equivalence scale equivalent income exercise fiscal incidence flat tax Gini coefficient groups headcount ratio horizontal inequity household income level income tax schedule income units inequality aversion inequality-averse intermediate value theorem Jenkins Jensen's inequality Lambert lemma Lorenz curves cross Lorenz dominance LX-T marginal utility mean income microdata money income normalized poverty gaps overall Pfähler poor population post-tax income post-tax living standards poverty indices poverty measures poverty threshold pre-tax income distribution progressive tax proof qu(x rank Rawlsian leximin redistributive effect regressive relative reranking respect result sequential Shorrocks theorem social evaluation function social welfare function strictly increasing subgroup Suits index tax and benefit tax liability tax system taxation tion transfer TRN(X Twn(x utility function U(x vertical x₁
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