Income Inequality (EPUB) von Janet C. Gornick

This volume presents cross-nationally comparative evidence on income inequality trends, women's employment and its effect on inequality, the distribution of wealth, and the interaction of politics with inequality across several mainly high-income countries.

Introduction
1. How Has Income Inequality Grown? The Reshaping of the Income Distribution in LIS Countries
2. On the Identification of the Middle Class
3. Has Rising Inequality Reduced Middle-Class Income Growth?
4. Welfare Regimes, Cohorts and the Middle Classes
5. Political Sources of Government Redistribution in High-Income Countries
6. Income Distribution, Inequality Perception and Redistributive Preferences in
7. Women's Work, Inequality, and the Economic Status of Families
8. Women's Employment, Unpaid Work, and Economic Inequality
9. Women's Work, Family Earnings, and Public Policy
10. Wealth: The Distribution of Assets and Debt
11. The Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth
12. The Fourth Retirement Pillar in Rich Countries
13. Public Pension Entitlements and the Distribution of Wealth
14. Income and Wealth Inequality in Japan
15. Income and Wealth Inequality in Japan
16. Horizontal and Vertical Inequalities in India
17. Post-Apartheid Changes in South African Inequality
Conclusion