Inequalities
Subtitle: theory, experiments and applications
By: edited by Patrick Moyes, Christian Seidl, Anthony Shorrocks.
Contributors: Moyes, Patrick.; Seidl, Christian.; Shorrocks, Anthony F.
Series: Journal of economics = Zeitschrit für Nationalökonomie. Supplement,; 9; Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie.; 9.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Wien; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Income distribution; Income tax
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Progression-neutral income tax reforms and horizontal inequity -- Maria Cubel and Peter J. Lambert; title: Welfare, inequality and the transformation of incomes : the case of weighted income distributions -- Udo Ebert and Patrick Moyes; title: Shapley inequality decomposition by factor components : some methodological issues -- Mercedes Sastre and Alain Trannoy; title: Approximating unanimity orderings : an application to Lorenz dominance -- Anthony Shorrocks and Daniel Slottje; title: Inverse stochastic dominance, inequality measurement and Gini indices -- Claudio Zoli; title: How should income be divided? : questionnaire evidence from the theory of "impartial preferences" -- Michele Bernasconi; title: The choice of inequality measure in empirical research on distributive judgments -- André Decoster and Erik Schokkaert; title: Equitable taxation : qualitative versus quantitative ratings -- Stefan Traub; title: The over-generous boon : tax splitting in Germany -- Christian Seidl; title: Bootstrapping inequality measures under the null hypothesis : is it worth the effort? -- Mark Trede; title: Inference on inequality measures : a Monte Carlo experiment -- Philippe Van Kerm; title: Poverty persistence in Britain : a multivariate analysis using the BHPS, 1991-1997 -- Francesco Devicienti; title: How much low income turnover is there in Belgium? -- Philippe Van Kerm.