Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries Thirty Countries' Experiences

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

• ISBN13: 9780191767142
• ISBN10: 019176714X
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2014-02-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Brian Nolan, Principal, College of Human Sciences, University College Dublin,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,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,Herman G. van de Werfhorst, Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam

Edited by Brian Nolan, Principal, College of Human Sciences, University College Dublin, 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, Daniele Checchi, University of Milan, Ive Marx, Associate Professor, University of Antwerp, Abigail McKnightThe seven editors together organized and coordinated the 3.5-year Growing Inequalities' Impacts GINI project, which 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)