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The Distribution of Economic Well-Being
F. Thomas Juster
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Published Date
January 1977
Copyright
1977
ISBN
0-88410-478-8
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Series
: Studies in Income and Wealth
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Table of Contents
Front matter, "The Distribution of Economic Well-Being"
Author(s):
Introduction to "Distribution of Economic Well-Being"
Author(s):
(p. 1-8)
Chapter 1:
Adding In-Kind Transfers to the Personal Income and Outlay Account: Implications for the Size Distribution of Income
Author(s):
(p. 9-50)
Chapter 2:
The Distribution of Benefits from Public Housing
Author(s):
(p. 51-70)
Chapter 3:
The Simple Politics of Distributional Preference
Author(s):
(p. 71-114)
Chapter 4:
The Anatomy of Earnings Behavior
Author(s):
(p. 115-162)
Chapter 5:
The Incidence of the Costs of Controlling Automotive Air Pollution
Author(s):
A. Myrick Freeman III
(p. 163-200)
Chapter 6:
The Distributional Implications of National Air Pollution Damage Estimates
Author(s):
(p. 201-232)
Chapter 7:
Black/White Male Earnings and Employment: 1960-70
Author(s):
(p. 233-302)
Chapter 8:
The Persistence of Male-Female Earnings Differentials
Author(s):
(p. 303-354)
Chapter 9:
Labor Market Discrimination and Nonpecuniary Work Rewards
Author(s):
(p. 355-378)
Chapter 10:
Uncertainty and the Distribution of Earnings
Author(s):
(p. 379-396)
Chapter 11:
The Role of Inter-generational Wealth Transfers in the Distribution of Wealth over the Life Cycle: A Preliminary Analysis
Author(s):
(p. 397-418)
Chapter 12:
Schooling, Ability, Nonpecuniary Rewards, Socioeconomic Background, and the Lifetime Distribution of Earnings
Author(s):
(p. 419-510)
Chapter 13:
Family Background and Lifetime Earnings
Author(s):
(p. 511-556)
Chapter 14:
The Distribution of Earnings and Human Wealth in a Life-Cycle Context
Author(s):
(p. 557-620)
Chapter 15:
The Inter-generational Transmission of Wealth: A Simulation Experiment
Author(s):
(p. 621-672)
Index
Author(s):
(p. 673-682)
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