Handbook of Income Distribution. Vol 2B

Sir Tony Atkinson is Professor of Economics at Oxford University and Fellow of Nuffield College, where he was Warden from 1994 to 2005. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and has been President of the Royal Economic Society, of the Econometric Society, of the European Economic Association, and of the International Economic Association. He was knighted in 2001 for services to economics and is Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. Francois Bourguignon is Director of the Paris School of Economics and Professor of Economics at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales. Among his many distinctions is the Chevalier de L'Ordre Nationale de la Legion de l"Honneur.

"The literature on income distribution has undergone transformative change in the decade and a half since the first Handbook appeared. These timely new volumes by recognized scholars provide a comprehensive review of our current state of understanding and the challenges that inequality poses." --Robin Boadway, Queens University"Few issues are more topical, in both the academic and policy debates, than the distribution of income and wealth. This handbook takes the reader to the frontier of all aspects of these debates: its superb contributions, by the foremost experts in the field, cover historical developments, data issues, statistical methods, theoretical approaches, and policy implications. A must for academics and interested general readers alike." --Roberto Perotti, Università Bocconi"The increase in inequality is a pressing problem. Too often it is addressed with uninformed, oversimplified ideological slogans. If you want to go beyond those and really learn about this complicated topic, this is the essential and most complete book to read. A gem." --Alberto Alesina, Harvard University"In every academic discipline, fads come and fads go. But in economics the very core of our subject is the study of the distribution of income and well-being across the population. From this analysis stems all our best theories and our best empirical research. This Handbook distills that wisdom and presents the latest findings by those who happen to be giants in our discipline. Its chapters will provide the platform from which will emerge the most exciting and important research for decades to come." --Danny Quah, London School of Economics

• Part III Explanations14. Inequality in macro-economics. Jose-Victor Rios-Rull and Vincenzo Quadrini 15. Wealth and inheritance. Thomas Piketty16. Intra-Household inequality. Pierre-André Chiappori and Costas Meghir 17. Health and inequality. Owen O'Donnell, Eddy van Doorslaer and Tom Van Ourti 18. Labour-market institutions and the dispersion of wage earnings. Wiemer Salverda and Daniele Checchi 19. Cross-country studies of the multiple causes of inequality in the OECD area. Michael F. Förster and Istvan György Toth 20. Globalization and inequality. Ravi KanburPart IV: Policies21. Democracy, political institutions and inequality. James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu 22. Equitable development policies. Martin Ravallion23. The welfare state and anti-poverty policy in rich countries. Brian Nolan, Ive Marx and Javier Olivera 24. Micro-simulation and policy analysis. Holly Sutherland, Alari Paulus and Francesco Figari