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Author | : Martin David |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 2009-02-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0226137287 |
The result of a National Bureau of Economic Research Income and Wealth conference held in December 1983, this volume looks at the concept of "economic well-being" and the ways that analysts have tried to measure it. In addition to income, economists have begun to consider such factors as pensions, wealth, health, and environment when measuring the well-being of a particular group. They have also begun to measure how consumers respond, successfully or unsuccessfully, to such economic uncertainties as inflation, divorce, and retirement. Using new data and techniques, the contributors to this book concentrate on issues of uncertainty and horizontal equity (the equal treatment of individuals within a defined group). Their work points to better ways of determining how various groups in a society are faring relative to other groups. Economists and policy analysts, therefore, will be in a better position to determine how government programs should be applied when well-being is used as a test.
Author | : Martin David |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 535 |
Release | : 1985-09-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780226137261 |
The result of a National Bureau of Economic Research Income and Wealth conference held in December 1983, this volume looks at the concept of "economic well-being" and the ways that analysts have tried to measure it. In addition to income, economists have begun to consider such factors as pensions, wealth, health, and environment when measuring the well-being of a particular group. They have also begun to measure how consumers respond, successfully or unsuccessfully, to such economic uncertainties as inflation, divorce, and retirement. Using new data and techniques, the contributors to this book concentrate on issues of uncertainty and horizontal equity (the equal treatment of individuals within a defined group). Their work points to better ways of determining how various groups in a society are faring relative to other groups. Economists and policy analysts, therefore, will be in a better position to determine how government programs should be applied when well-being is used as a test.
Author | : Robert D. Plotnick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Households |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anthony Barnes Atkinson |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780262010672 |
This volume collects the core of A. B. Atkinson's contributions to the study of inequality and mobility, wealth and redistribution, taxation, and public policy issues.
Author | : Kevin A. Hassett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Income distribution |
ISBN | : |
In this paper, we propose a new measure of horizontal equity that overcomes many of the shortcomings of previous proposed measures. Our starting point is the observation that a well-behaved social welfare function need not evaluate global' (vertical equity) differences in after-tax income using the same weights it applies to local' (horizontal equity) differences, even though this constraint has been applied in the past. Following work on the structure of individual preferences, we show that a social welfare function can imply different preferences toward horizontal and vertical equity. Adopting the general approach to the measurement of inequality developed by Atkinson (1970), we use such a social welfare function to derive measures of inequality that are decomposable into components naturally interpreted as indices of horizontal and vertical equity. In particular, the former index measures deviations from the fundamental principle that equals be treated equally. Finally, we apply our new measure to two tax-return data sets, evaluating the degree to which the horizontal equity of the US personal income tax has changed over time, and how horizontal equity would be altered by one version of recent proposals to do away with the so-called marriage penalty.'
Author | : Dan Usher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Peter Lambert |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780719057328 |
This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of the many standards of distributional analysis used in the fields of social policy, welfare theory, and public finance. Using only basic constructions of calculus, probability, and the economics of consumer behavior, it develops a consistent mathematical approach into a self-contained and unified treatment of the distribution and redistribution of income.
Author | : Olivia S. Mitchell |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2002-02-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780812236415 |
Author | : Herman Bouma |
Publisher | : IOS Press |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Aging |
ISBN | : 9789051990720 |
Proceedings van: Gerontechnology : international conference on technology and aging, 1st, Eindhoven, August 26-29, 1991.
Author | : David A. Wise |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2007-11-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0226903214 |
Analyses in the Economics of Aging summarizes a massive amount of new research on several popular and less-examined topics pertaining to the relationship between economics and aging. Among the many themes explored in this volume, considerable attention is given to new research on retirement savings, the cost and efficiency of medical resources, and the predictors of health events. The volume begins with a discussion of the risks and merits of 401(k) plans. Subsequent chapters present recent analysis of the growth of Medicare costs; the different aspects of disability; and the evolution of health, wealth, and living arrangements over the life course. Keeping with the global tradition of previous volumes, Analyses in the Economics of Aging also includes comparative studies on savings behavior in Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States; an examination of household savings among different age groups in Germany; and a chapter devoted to population aging and the plight of widows in India. Carefully compiled and containing some of the most cutting-edge research and analysis available, this volume should be of interest to any specialist or policymaker concerned with ongoing changes in savings and retirement behaviors.