This state-of-the-art volume presents comparative, empirical research on a topic that has long preoccupied scholars, politicians, and everyday citizens: economic inequality. While income and wealth inequality across all populations is the primary focus, the contributions to this book pay special attention to the middle class, a segment often not addressed in inequality literature.
Written by leading scholars in the field of economic inequality, all 17 chapters draw on microdata from the databases of LIS, an esteemed cross-national data center based in Luxembourg. Using LIS data to structure a comparative approach, the contributors paint a complex portrait of inequality across affluent countries at the beginning of the 21st century. The volume also trail-blazes new research into inequality in countries newly entering the LIS databases, including Japan, Iceland, India, and South Africa.
| ISBN: | 9780804793346 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2014 |
| Author: | Janet C Gornick, Markus Jäntii |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 540 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Social Inequality |
| Genres: |
Sociology |
This state-of-the-art volume presents comparative, empirical research on a topic that has long preoccupied scholars, politicians, and everyday citizens: economic inequality. While income and wealth inequality across all populations is the primary focus, the contributions to this book pay special attention to the middle class, a segment often not addressed in inequality literature.
Written by leading scholars in the field of economic inequality, all 17 chapters draw on microdata from the databases of LIS, an esteemed cross-national data center based in Luxembourg. Using LIS data to structure a comparative approach, the contributors paint a complex portrait of inequality across affluent countries at the beginning of the 21st century. The volume also trail-blazes new research into inequality in countries newly entering the LIS databases, including Japan, Iceland, India, and South Africa.
Income Inequality features in the following genres: Sociology
Income Inequality is available in Paperback, Hardback
Income Inequality was written by Janet C Gornick, Markus Jäntii and published by Stanford University Press
Income Inequality has 540 pages
Yes it is part of Studies in Social Inequality series