Inequality in Living Standards since 1980 : Income Tells Only a Small Part of the Story.

Studies of wage and income inequality among U.S. citizens over the past thirty years have engendered the common wisdom that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. But is it really that simple? In this meticulous economic study, Orazio P. Attanasio, Erich Battistin, and Mario Pa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Attanasio, Orazio P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2010.
Temas:
Cost and standard of living > United States.
Income distribution > United States.
Consumption (Economics) > United States.
Coût et niveau de la vie > États-Unis.
Revenu > Répartition > États-Unis.
Consumption (Economics)
Cost and standard of living
Income distribution
Business & Economics.
Labor & Workers' Economics.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Studies of wage and income inequality among U.S. citizens over the past thirty years have engendered the common wisdom that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. But is it really that simple? In this meticulous economic study, Orazio P. Attanasio, Erich Battistin, and Mario Padula contend that the evolution of income and wage inequalities offers only a partial picture of changes in prosperity in recent decades. Studying changes in the distribution of consumption and expenditure helps to amplify this picture--income, after all, is valued in large part because it allows con.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (127 pages)
ISBN:9780844743721
0844743720

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