Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Keilman, Nico.

Description

1. vi, 334 pages : graphs, tables; 22 cm

Summary

1. Comprises 13 papers which discuss poverty and economic inequality in industrialized Western countries.

Subject

1. Poverty
2. Equality
3. Income distribution
4. Public welfare
5. Social security
6. poverty
7. welfare services
8. Equality
9. Income distribution
10. Poverty
11. Public welfare
12. Social security
13. Armoede
14. income distribution
15. social class
16. standard of living
17. measurement
18. methodology
19. household income
20. low income
21. household expenditure
22. quality of life
23. family benefit
24. women
25. social assistance
26. social mobility
27. income redistribution
28. statistical table
29. pauvreté
30. répartition du revenu
31. classe sociale
32. niveau de vie
33. mesure
34. méthodologie
35. revenu des ménages
36. faible revenu
37. dépenses des ménages
38. qualité de la vie
39. prestations familiales
40. femmes
41. assistance sociale
42. mobilité sociale
43. redistribution du revenu
44. tableau statistique
45. pobreza
46. distribución del ingreso
47. clase social
48. nivel de vida
49. medición
50. metodología
51. ingreso de los hogares
52. bajos ingresos
53. gasto de los hogares
54. calidad de la vida
55. prestaciones familiares
56. mujeres
57. asistencia social
58. movilidad social
59. redistribución del ingreso
60. cuadros estadísticos
61. developed countries
62. pays développés
63. países desarrollados

Genre/Form

1. bibliography.
2. graph.
3. recommendation.
4. bibliographie.
5. graphique.
6. recommandation.
7. bibliografía.
8. gráfico.
9. recomendación.

Contents

1. Preface -- 1 Poverty and Economic Inequality: Concepts, Measures, and Methods (starting p. 3) / Jan Lyngstad, Nico Keilman, Hilde Bojer -- 2 Why and How Do We Study Poverty in Industrialized Countries? Various Approaches to the Study of Poverty (starting p. 35) / Jonathan Bradshaw -- 3 Confusions between Goals and Methods in the Construction and Use of Poverty Lines (starting p. 57) / John Veit-Wilson -- 4 Poverty Lines and Equivalence Scales: A Theoretical and Empirical Evaluation (starting p. 83) / Bernard M.S. van Praag, Robert J. Flik, Pieter J.A. Stam -- 5 Effects on Poverty, Inequality, and Welfare of Child Benefit and Food Subsidies (starting p. 123) / Jorgen Aasness -- 6 A Women's Perspective on Poverty: Household Work, Income Distribution, and Social Welfare (starting p. 141) / Charlotte Koren, Iulie Aslaksen -- 7 The Incidence and Evolution of Poverty According to Objective and Subjective Standards (starting p. 157) / Ruud Muffels -- 8 The "Zero-sum Crisis": Stability in the Distribution of Income and Welfare in a Period of Economic Crisis (starting p. 183) / Bea Cantillon -- 9 Secondary Poverty in the Welfare State. Do Social Security Institutions Create Their Own Clients? (starting p. 205) / Lutz Leisering, Wolfgang Voges -- 10 The Poor in Comparative Perspective (starting p. 235) / Lee Rainwater -- 11 No Pain, No Gain? Inequality and Economic Mobility in the United States, Canada, and Europe (starting p. 257) / Greg J. Duncan -- 12 Poverty and Social Security Transfers: Results for Seven Countries and Regions in the EC (starting p. 277) / Karel Van den Bosch, Lieve De Lathouwer, Herman Deleeck -- 13 The Experience of Income Redistribution (starting p. 309) / Stein Ringen -- Contributors (starting p. 323) -- Subject index (starting p. 325) -- Person index (starting p. 331)

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.