Generating Prosperity for Working Families in Affluent Countries (Hardcover)

The challenge of how to ensure that working families see their living standards improve over time is central in rich countries. Many argue that conditions are stagnating for many, driving political polarization and threatening social stability. Generating Prosperity for Working Families in Affluent Countries investigates how common such a "squeeze" on middle-income earners has actually been, and what forces underlie it in terms of globalization, technology, and government policies. Generating Prosperity for Working Families in Affluent Countries presents the findings of a comprehensive analysis of performance in improving living standards across the wealthy nations of the OECD. It relates performance to overall economic growth, exploring why these often diverge substantially, and to the different models of capitalism or economic growth embedded in each country. Going beyond income, other indicators and aspects of living standards are also incorporated including non-monetary indicators of deprivation and financial strain, wealth and its distribution, and intergenerational mobility. Through looking across this broad canvas, this book teases out how ordinary households have fared in recent decades in these critically important respects, and how that should inform the quest for inclusive growth and prosperity.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2018
Editors:	Brian Nolan (Director, Employment Equity and Growth Programme, INET, and Professor of Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Social Intervention, University of Oxford, UK)
Dimensions:	238 x 163 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-880705-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
LSN:	0-19-880705-8
Barcode:	9780198807056

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