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The Distribution and Redistribution of Income

By: Lambert, Peter J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2001Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 313 pages.ISBN: 0-7190-5732-9.Subject(s): income distribution | income redistribution | distributional anaylsis | social policy | welfare | public finance | income tax | tax system | tax reform | welfare stateOnline resources: Publisher's website Summary: Provides an up-to-date synthesis of the many strands of distributional analysis used in the fields of social policy, welfare theory and public finance. Develops a consistent mathematical approach into a self-contained and unified treatment of the distribution and redistribution of income. Thoroughly updated edition of a well adopted textbook. Substantially enhanced by the inclusion of two new chapters on Poverty and Horizontal Inequity (unfairness in income taxes) - issues of popular interest in which there has been a great deal of recent theoretical research. A reference and resource work spanning several areas of economics not drawn together elsewhere.
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Provides an up-to-date synthesis of the many strands of distributional analysis used in the fields of social policy, welfare theory and public finance. Develops a consistent mathematical approach into a self-contained and unified treatment of the distribution and redistribution of income. Thoroughly updated edition of a well adopted textbook. Substantially enhanced by the inclusion of two new chapters on Poverty and Horizontal Inequity (unfairness in income taxes) - issues of popular interest in which there has been a great deal of recent theoretical research. A reference and resource work spanning several areas of economics not drawn together elsewhere.

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