Inequality in America
Subtitle: what role for human capital policies?
By: James J. Heckman and Alan B. Krueger ; The Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy, Harvard University ; edited and with an introduction by Benjamin M. Friedman
Contributors: Heckman, James J.; Krueger, Alan B; Friedman, Benjamin M
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Income distribution -- United States -- Congresses; Human capital -- Government policy -- United States -- Congresses; Manpower policy -- United States -- Congresses; Equality -- United States -- Congresses; United States -- Social policy -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: "Papers and discussions ... presented at the third Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy, held at Harvard University on April 25, 2002"--P. xii

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Benjamin M. Friedman; title: Inequality, too much of a good thing / Alan B. Krueger; title: Human capital policy / Pedro Carneiro and James J. Heckman; title: Comments / George J. Borjas, Eric A. Hanushek, Lawrence F. Katz, Lisa M. Lynch, Lawrence H. Summers; title: Responses / Alan B. Krueger, Pedro Carneiro and James J. Heckman; title: Rejoinders / Alan B. Krueger, Pedro Carneiro and James J. Heckman