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Public expenditures, taxes, and the distribution of income : the United States, 1950, 1961, 1970 /

Public Expenditures, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income: The United States, 1950, 1961, 1970 explores income inequality over time to a more comprehensive than usual definition of income, one that includes the benefits and burdens of government expenditures and taxes at all levels. <br>The b...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Reynolds, Morgan O., 1942-, Smolensky, Eugene (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, &#xFFFD;1977.
Colección:Institute for Research on Poverty monograph series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Public Expenditures, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income: The United States, 1950, 1961, 1970; Copyright Page; Institute for Research on Poverty; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; An Incomplete Review; Plan of the Book; Postscript; Chapter 2. Alternative Definitions of Income Redistribution; The Concept of Redistribution; Alternative Definitions; Evaluation of the Definitions; Conclusion; Chapter 3. Empirical Procedures; The General Procedure; Why 1950, 1961, and 1970?; The Income Aggregate
  • Income IntervalsAdjusting Income Intervals for 1961; Two Income Distributions; Measuring Burdens and Benefits; The Distributors; The Business Cycle; Chapter 4. Empirical Results; A Set of Expectations; Standard Incidence Assumptions; Taxes and Expenditures as a Percentage of Income; The Regression Framework; Factor Income Regression; General Expenditures by Income; Regressive Incidence; Progressive Incidence; Money Income Regressions and Elasticity Estimates; Chapter 5. Further Results: Gini Concentration Ratios and Lorenz Curves; Post-Fisc Distributions with Factor' Income
  • Post-Fisc Distributions with Money IncomePredicted Shares; Significance Tests; Chapter 6. Searching for Explanations; Stable Distributions but Rising Government; The Relative Size of Government; Sources of Declines in Gini Coefficients; More on Taxes; In Lieu of a Conclusion; Postscript; Chapter 7. An Assessment; Summary of Major Findings; Some Caveats; Thinking about the Results; Appendix A: Algebraic Comparison of the Definitions of Income Redistribution; Appendix B: Distributors by Income Class; Appendix C: Household Income Bases; Appendix D: Taxes by Income Class
  • Appendix E: Expenditures by Income ClassReferences; Subject Index