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The Personal Distribution of Income and…
The Personal Distribution of Income and Wealth
James D. Smith
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Published Date
January 1975
Copyright
1975
ISBN
0-87014-268-2
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: Studies in Income and Wealth
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Table of Contents
Front matter, The Personal Distribution of Income and Wealth
Author(s):
Introduction to "The Personal Distribution of Income and Wealth"
Author(s):
(p. 1-8)
Chapter 1:
The Pursuit of Equality
Author(s):
(p. 9-28)
Chapter 2:
Social Accounting for Transfer
Author(s):
(p. 29-44)
Chapter 3:
Individual Taxes and the Distribution of Income
Author(s):
(p. 45-74)
Chapter 4:
On the Comparison of Income Redistribution Plans
Author(s):
(p. 75-118)
Chapter 5:
Capital Gains and Individual Income - Evidence on Realization and Persistence
Author(s):
Martin David
(p. 119-150)
Chapter 6:
Income Instability Among Young and Middle-Aged Men
Author(s):
Andrew I. Kohen
(p. 151-208)
Chapter 7:
Time Period, Unit of Analysis, and Income Concept in the Analysis of Income Distribution
Author(s):
(p. 209-224)
Comment
-
Martin David
(p. 225-230)
Chapter 8:
The Wealth, Income, and Social Class of Men in Large Northern Cities of the United States in 1860
Author(s):
(p. 231-276)
Chapter 9:
The Distribution of Wealth in Britain in the 1960s the Estate Duty Method Reexamined
Author(s):
A. B. Atkinson
(p. 277-328)
Chapter 10:
White Wealth and Black People: the Distribution of Wealth in Washington, D.C., in 1967
Author(s):
(p. 329-374)
Chapter 11:
Measurement of Transfer Income in the Current Population Survey
Author(s):
(p. 375-448)
Chapter 12:
The Bureau of Economic Analysis and Current Population Survey Size Distributions: Some Comparisons for 1964
Author(s):
Edward C. Budd
(p. 449-559)
Index
Author(s):
(p. 560-568)
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