TY - BOOK AU - Salverda,Wiemer TI - Changing inequalities in rich countries: analytical and comparative perspectives SN - 9780191511110 AV - HC79.I5 .C43 2014eb U1 - 339.2 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - Income distribution KW - Equality KW - Wealth KW - Revenu KW - RĂ©partition KW - Richesse KW - wealth KW - aat KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Economics KW - Macroeconomics KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Economic Conditions KW - fast KW - Soziale Ungleichheit KW - gnd KW - Sociale ongelijkheid KW - gtt KW - Inkomensverdeling KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note; 1; Introduction; Herman van de Werfhorst --; 2; Increasing Economic Inequalities?; Virginia Maestri --; 3; Earnings, Employment, and Income Inequality; Christina Haas --; 4; Wealth Inequality and the Accumulation of Debt; Wiemer Salverda --; 5; Increasing Educational Inequalities?; Francesco Scervini --; 6; The Social Impact of Income Inequality: Poverty, Deprivation, and Social Cohesion; Christopher T. Whelan --; 7; Social Impacts: Health, Housing, Intergenerational Mobility; Frank Cowell --; 8; Rising Inequalities: Will Electorates Go for Higher Redistribution?; Marton Medgyesi --; 9; Inequality, Legitimacy, and the Political System; Herman van de Werfhorst --; 10; The Policy Response to Inequality: Redistributing Income; Tim Van Rie --; 11; The Policy Response: Boosting Employment and Social Investment; Gerlinde Verbist --; 12; The Policy Response to Educational Inequalities; Elena Meschi --; 13; Conclusions: Inequality, Impacts, and Policies; Herman van de Werfhorst N2 - This text uses a combination of comparative analysis and in-depth examination of the experience of 30 countries over the past 30 years, to see whether inequality in incomes, wealth, and education has been widening. It shows how these inequalities are related to social and political outcomes such as poverty, family structures, health, and crime UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=706548 ER -