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: 9780191767135
• ISBN10: 0191767131
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2014-01-09
• 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).