Economic Well-Being and Inequality - Papers from the Fifth ECINEQ Meeting (Hardcover)

Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 22 begins with papers of widespread interest on the impact of the Great Recession. The first paper addresses the impact of "asset meltdown" on the wealth of the US middle class, with disparate racial and ethnic impacts. The second studies poverty and inequality in the US in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The next topic is on the evolution of poverty and inequality in the world. One paper proposes a new methodology to measure global poverty and inequality, while the second analyzes the importance of considering not only the desperately poor but also those just above the subsistence level. Great interest for inequality researchers lies on the use of wealth data. Two approaches to this issue are presented. Firstly, several papers study wealth inequality directly. Secondly, a paper uses annuitized wealth data to augment the income measure of economic well-being. An emerging field in the study of economic well-being is the use of self-reported status and perceptions data. Three papers employ this type of data, investigating happiness inequality, perception of income inequality, and the existence of a "Great Gatsby Curve" for job mobility.

General

Imprint:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Research on Economic Inequality
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	2014
Editors:	John A. Bishop • Juan Gabriel Rodriguez
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	520
ISBN-13:	978-1-78350-567-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
LSN:	1-78350-567-2
Barcode:	9781783505678

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