Public policy and the income distribution /
Public policy and the income distribution /
Alan J. Auerbach, David Card, John M. Quigley, editors.
- xii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Government transfer programs -- What did the 1990s welfare reforms accomplish? / The take-up of social benefits / Government programs and social outcomes : comparison of the United States with other rich nations / Taxation and social insurance -- Income and wealth concentration in a historical and international perspective / Social security and the evolution of elderly poverty / The measurement and evolution of health inequality : evidence from the U.S. Medicare population / Government policies and outcomes -- The socioeconomic status of black males : the increasing importance of incarceration / Public health and mortality : what can we learn from the past? / Alan J. Auerbach, David Card and John M. Quigley -- Rebecca M. Blank -- Janet Currie -- Timothy M. Smeeding -- Emmanuel Saez -- Gary V. Engelhardt and Jonathan Gruber -- Jonathan Skinner and Weiping Zhou -- Steven Raphael -- Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn. Ch. 1. Pt. I. Ch 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Pt. II. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Pt. III. Ch. 8. Ch. 9.
"Public Policy and the Income Distribution tackles many of the most difficult and intriguing questions about how government intervention - or lack thereof - has affected the incomes of everyday Americans. The twentieth century was remarkable in the extent to which advances in public policy helped improve the economic well being of Americans. Synthesizing existing knowledge on the effectiveness of public policy and contributing valuable new research, Public Policy and the Income Distribution examines public policy's successes, and points out the areas in which progress remains to be made."--BOOK JACKET.
0871540460 9780871540461
2005050847
Economic assistance, Domestic--United States
Economic security--United States
Poverty--United States
Income distribution--United States
United States--Social policy
HC110.P63 / P83 2006
339.460973
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Government transfer programs -- What did the 1990s welfare reforms accomplish? / The take-up of social benefits / Government programs and social outcomes : comparison of the United States with other rich nations / Taxation and social insurance -- Income and wealth concentration in a historical and international perspective / Social security and the evolution of elderly poverty / The measurement and evolution of health inequality : evidence from the U.S. Medicare population / Government policies and outcomes -- The socioeconomic status of black males : the increasing importance of incarceration / Public health and mortality : what can we learn from the past? / Alan J. Auerbach, David Card and John M. Quigley -- Rebecca M. Blank -- Janet Currie -- Timothy M. Smeeding -- Emmanuel Saez -- Gary V. Engelhardt and Jonathan Gruber -- Jonathan Skinner and Weiping Zhou -- Steven Raphael -- Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn. Ch. 1. Pt. I. Ch 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Pt. II. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Pt. III. Ch. 8. Ch. 9.
"Public Policy and the Income Distribution tackles many of the most difficult and intriguing questions about how government intervention - or lack thereof - has affected the incomes of everyday Americans. The twentieth century was remarkable in the extent to which advances in public policy helped improve the economic well being of Americans. Synthesizing existing knowledge on the effectiveness of public policy and contributing valuable new research, Public Policy and the Income Distribution examines public policy's successes, and points out the areas in which progress remains to be made."--BOOK JACKET.
0871540460 9780871540461
2005050847
Economic assistance, Domestic--United States
Economic security--United States
Poverty--United States
Income distribution--United States
United States--Social policy
HC110.P63 / P83 2006
339.460973