The General Economic Theory

The General Economic Theory
Author: Wei-Bin Zhang
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2020-08-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030562042

This book develops a general economic theory that integrates various economic theories and ideas and establishes important relationships between economic variables that are not formally recognized in the economic literature. The author demonstrates how the basic model is integrated with neoclassical growth theory, Walrasian general equilibrium theory, and Ricardian distribution theory, and how these theories can be incorporated through a single set of equations with a microeconomic basis. The book offers new insights into income and wealth distribution between heterogeneous households, racial and national differences in growth and development, interdependence between different stock variables with portfolio choices among different markets. It will appeal to scholars of economists interested in an integrative theoretical approach to this discipline.

Taxation and Labour Supply

Taxation and Labour Supply
Author: C. V. Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2018-12-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429655851

First published in 1981. This book reports on a decade of research into the effects of taxation on the supply of labour. In addition to their work in making labour supply estimates, the study explores a number of the ways labour supply estimates can be used. When budget constraints are non-linear it is not possible to estimate the effects of (tax) or other policy changes from knowledge of labour supply elasticities alone, and it is necessary to re-estimate the original model used to derive the estimates. The implications of labour supply estimates for the study of inequality and optimal taxation are considered. Macro-economic models of the economy typically omit labour supply functions or include functions which are inconsistent with micro-economic work on labour supply. This book will appeal to academic economists, senior students and policy-makers in the field of public finance and labour economics, who will find much of interest from both the theoretical and policy standpoints.

Critical Perspectives on Economics of Education

Critical Perspectives on Economics of Education
Author: Silvia Mendolia
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2022-05-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000588696

This book brings together leading scholars in the field to provide insights on economics of education. The book begins with an overview of education and human capacity development and looks at the production of education through individuals’ learning, education financing, and the role of individual circumstances. It also analyses the complex relationship between education and mobility and highlights what key challenges for education systems in a global world are. Each chapter provides detailed analysis of interesting and policy-relevant topics in the fields of education economics and human capacity development. This book is a useful reference for those who wish to understand the changing landscape and models of higher education in the context of digital advances and innovation. It will also be of interest to those in the areas of education and training.

Economics of the Family

Economics of the Family
Author: Martin Browning
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521791596

This book provides a comprehensive, modern, and self-contained account of the research in the growing area of family economics. It is intended for graduate students in economics and for researchers in other fields interested in the economic approach to the family.

Increasing Income Inequality in the Nordics

Increasing Income Inequality in the Nordics
Author: Rolf Aaberge
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2018-04-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9289355123

The contributions document how income inequality in the Nordics in various dimensions have increased over recent decades. These developments are put in an international context. Developments in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are compared. Important aspects analysed in detail are overall inequality of both market and disposable incomes, the redistribution through the tax and transfer system as well as through the provision of government welfare services, the importance of demographic factors, the developments of both relative poverty and top income shares, and gender inequality.

Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China

Female Employment and Gender Gaps in China
Author: Xinxin Ma
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2021-05-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9813369043

This open access book investigates female employment and the gender gap in the labor market and households during China’s economic transition period. It provides the reader with academic evidence for understanding the mechanism of female labor force participation, the determinants of the gender gap in the labor market, and the impact of policy transformation on women’s wages and employment in China from an economics perspective. The main content of this book includes three parts―women’s family responsibilities and women’s labor supply (child care, parent care, and women’s employment), the gender gap in the labor market and society (gender gaps in wages, Communist Party membership, and participation in social activity), and the impacts of policy transformation on women’s wages and employment (the social security system and the educational expansion policy on women’s wages and employment) in China. This book provides academic evidence about these issues based on economics theories and econometric analysis methods using many kinds of long-term Chinese national survey data. This book is highly recommended to readers who are interested in up-to-date and in-depth empirical studies of the gender gap and women’s employment in China during the economic transition period. This book is of interest to various groups such as readers who are interested in the Chinese economy, policymakers, and scholars with econometric analysis backgrounds.

Matching with Transfers

Matching with Transfers
Author: Pierre-André Chiappori
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2020-05-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691203504

Over the past few decades, matching models, which use mathematical frameworks to analyze allocation mechanisms for heterogeneous products and individuals, have attracted renewed attention in both theoretical and applied economics. These models have been used in many contexts, from labor markets to organ donations, but recent work has tended to focus on "nontransferable" cases rather than matching models with transfers. In this important book, Pierre-André Chiappori fills a gap in the literature by presenting a clear and elegant overview of matching with transfers and provides a set of tools that enable the analysis of matching patterns in equilibrium, as well as a series of extensions. He then applies these tools to the field of family economics and shows how analysis of matching patterns and of the incentives thus generated can contribute to our understanding of long-term economic trends, including inequality and the demand for higher education.

Political Governance, Economic Pursuit, Global Hegemony, and Environment; China, India, and the World

Political Governance, Economic Pursuit, Global Hegemony, and Environment; China, India, and the World
Author: Kartik Roy
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2023-01-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 198229650X

This treatise presents a critical discourse on the formulation and implementation of economic development policies as well as on the outcome of the implementation of such policies in terms of the attainment of the (i) rate of economic growth and of the (ii) rise in the size of GDP and of the (iii) attainment of economic and social wellbeing of the citizenry of both China and India. The author has analyzed the pattern of economic development of China and India in terms of the (i) growth in factors of production and of the (ii) growth in expenditures. The reasons for the spectacular rise in economic power of authoritarian China and the subdued rise in economic power of highly decentralized democratic India have been explained. The growth and development outcome story of China shows that the limited political freedom of citizens and of officials of provincial governments has acted as a panacea for the realization of the country’s developmental goals but in India, the unlimited and uncontrolled political freedom of citizens and provincial rulers has acted as a powerful recipe for the growth of anarchy and for the realization of circumscribed goals of economic development. In 1970, the per capita income of China and India stood at $US 70.00 and $US 60.00 but in 2022 the per capita income of China and India currently stands at $US 12,536.00 and $US 2691.20. The share of India’s per capita income in China’s per capita income in 1970 stood at 85.71 percent. In 2022, the share of India’s per capita income in China’s per capita income has declined to 21.46 percent. In this book the author has discussed all these issues. Furthermore the author has also presented a short commentary on the possibility of the rapid decline of economic and political status of China by 2030 and of a steady rise of India as an economic and political Super Power.

Inequality

Inequality
Author: Solomon W. Polachek
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2016-02-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 178560810X

Research in Labor Economics volume 43 contains new and innovative research on the causes and consequences of inequality.

Gender Equality and Public Policy

Gender Equality and Public Policy
Author: Paola Profeta
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2020-04-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108530222

Despite formal UN and European Commission commitments to improve gender imbalances, progress towards gender equality in wealth and pay has progressed at a discouragingly slow pace in recent decades. European countries have been more proactive in their support for corrective policies, such as family leave and gender quotas for corporate boards, yet measuring the effectiveness of these policies has proven difficult. This book offers a close comparative analysis of gender-targeted policies in Europe, providing an in-depth overview of how public policy is shaping gender equality, and how the presence of women in the economy and decision-making positions is itself shaping public policy. Paola Profeta bases her analysis on new data and an innovative interdisciplinary perspective for understanding the relationship between gender, equality and public policy, and their final impact on the European economy and society, with lessons that resonate beyond Europe.