Slottje The Structure of Earnings and the Measurement of Income Inequality in the U.S.

The Structure of Earnings and the Measurement of Income Inequality in the U.S.
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9640-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 184, 218 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Contributions to Economic Analysis

The various issues involved in measuring income inequality in the U.S. are analyzed in this book. In describing the level of inequality inherent in a particular graduation it is important which income recipient and which data set is used and also the measure of income inequality used as the appropriate summary statistic.Recent trends in labor markets are examined and the book attempts to trace the impact of these trends on the distribution of income for various age, race and occupational cohorts, and across states. Some new methods for analyzing inequality in a multidimensional framework are also discussed. This book provides one of the most comprehensive treatments of income inequality available to date.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Slottje, Daniel J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The Structure of Earnings and the Measurement of Income Inequality in the U.S.;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;12
5;Dedication;8
6;Preface;10
7;Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION;14
8;Chapter 2. TRENDS IN THE LABOR MARKET;18
9;Chapter 3. ON THE GENERATION, MEASUREMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME;68
9.1;3.1 Hypotheses on How Observed Distributions are Generated;69
9.2;3.2 Measuring Inequality;71
9.3;3.3 Axiom-Based Inequality Measurement and Theil's Entropy Measures;76
9.4;3.4 Approximating the Observed Income Distribution: Parametric Forms;79
9.5;3.5 The Lorenz Curve: A Nonparamteric Description of the Observed Distribution;84
10;Chapter 4. IDENTIFYING DISTRIBUTIONAL FORMS UTILIZING THE k - CRITERION;90
10.1;4.1 Introduction;90
10.2;4.2 The Test;91
11;Chapter 5. APPROXIMATING INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS: THE BETA DISTRIBUTION OF THE SECOND KIND;100
11.1;5.1 Introduction;100
11.2;5.2 The Model;101
11.3;5.3 The Beta Distribution of the Second Kind and Income Inequality Across States for Various Population Subgroups;104
11.4;5.4 Empirical Results;108
11.5;5.5 Policy Implications;110
11.6;5.6 Another Example: The Size Distribution of Labor and Nonlabor Income;111
11.7;5.7 Summary and Conclusions;115
12;Chapter 6. INEQUALITY ACROSS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS;135
12.1;6.1 Measuring Income Inequality;138
12.2;6.2 Empirical Resultsfor Various Demographic Groups;140
13;Chapter 7. THE DISTRIBUTION OF EARNINGS ACROSS OCCUPATIONS;184
13.1;7.1 Introduction;184
13.2;7.2 A Description of the Data;185
13.3;7.3 The Empirical Results;186
14;Chapter 8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS;199
14.1;8.1 A Review and Summary of our Findings;199
14.2;8.2 Future Research Applications;201
15;Appendix;204
16;References;205
17;Indixes;217
18;Author Index;217
19;Vocabulary Index;218