Changing Inequalities in Rich Countries Analytical and Comparative Perspectives

by Salverda, Wiemer; Nolan, Brian; Checchi, Daniele; Marx, Ive; McKnight, Abigail; Toth, Istvan Gyorgy; van de Werfhorst, Herman

• ISBN13: 9780199687435
• ISBN10: 0199687439
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-03-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Wiemer Salverda, Professor of Labour Market and Inequality, Amsterdam Center for Inequality Studies AMCIS, and Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies AIAS, University of Amsterdam,Brian Nolan, Principal, College of Human Sciences, University College Dublin,Daniele Checchi, University of Milan,Ive Marx, Associate Professor, University of Antwerp,Abigail McKnight, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics,Istvan Gyorgy Toth, Director, Tarki Social Research Institute Budapest,Herman van de Werfhorst, Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam

The seven editors together have organised and coordinated the three and a half year Growing Inequalities' Impacts GINI project, which has generated the results reported in this volume. They are an international team drawn from different disciplines and with important and complementary expertise in the fields covered by the book. They share a history of joint publications, including edited volumes, and extensive cooperation in research networks such LoWER (European Low-wage Employment Research network, 1996-2008), Equalsoc (Network of Excellence, since 2005), and ImPRovE (Poverty Reduction in Europe: Social Policy and Innovation, since 2012).

Table of Contents

Preface
1: Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, István György Tóth, and Herman G. van de Werfhorst: Introduction
2: Francesco Bogliacino and Virginia Maestri: Increasing Economic Inequalities?
3: Wiemer Salverda and Christina Haas: Earnings, Employment, and Income Inequality
4: Virginia Maestri, Francesco Bogliacino, and Wiemer Salverda: Wealth Inequality and the Accumulation of Debt
5: Gabriele Ballarino, Massimiliano Bratti, Antonio Filippin, Carlo Fiorio, Marco Leonardi, and Francesco Scervini: Increasing Educational Inequalities?
6: Brian Nolan and Chris Whelan: The Social Impact of Income Inequality: Poverty, Deprivation, and Social Cohesion
7: Abigail McKnight and Frank Cowell: Social Impacts: Health, Housing, and Inter-generational Mobility
8: István György Tóth, Dániel Horn, and Márton Medgyesi: Rising Inequalities: Will Electorates Go for Higher Redistribution?
9: Robert Andersen, Brian Burgoon, and Herman G. van de Werfhorst: Inequality, Legitimacy, and the Political System
10: Ive Marx and Tim van Rie: The Policy Response to Inequality: Redistributing Income
11: Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist: The Policy Response: Employment and Services
12: Daniele Checchi, Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Michela Braga, and Elena Meschi: The Policy Response to Educational Inequalities
13: Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, István György Tóth, and Herman G. van de Werfhorst: Conclusions
Preface
1. Introduction, Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, Istvan Gyorgy Toth, and Herman G. van de Werfhorst
2. Increasing Economic Inequalities?, Francesco Bogliacino and Virginia Maestri
3. Earnings, Employment, and Income Inequality, Wiemer Salverda and Christina Haas
4. Wealth Inequality and the Accumulation of Debt, Virginia Maestri, Francesco Bogliacino, and Wiemer Salverda
5. Increasing Educational Inequalities?, Gabriele Ballarino, Massimiliano Bratti, Antonio Filippin, Carlo Fiorio, Marco Leonardi, and Francesco Scervini
6. The Social Impact of Income Inequality: Poverty, Deprivation, and Social Cohesion, Brian Nolan and Chris Whelan
7. Social Impacts: Health, Housing, and Inter-generational Mobility, Abigail McKnight and Frank Cowell
8. Rising Inequalities: Will Electorates Go for Higher Redistribution?, Istvan Gyorgy Toth, Daniel Horn, and Marton Medgyesi
9. Inequality, Legitimacy, and the Political System, Robert Andersen, Brian Burgoon, and Herman G. van de Werfhorst
10. The Policy Response to Inequality: Redistributing Income, Ive Marx and Tim van Rie
11. The Policy Response: Employment and Services, Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist
12. The Policy Response to Educational Inequalities, Daniele Checchi, Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Michela Braga, and Elena Meschi
13. Conclusions, Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, Istvan Gyorgy Toth, and Herman G. van de Werfhorst