Income Distribution in Historical Perspective

Hartmut Kaelble editor Mark Thomas editor Y S Brenner editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:3rd Oct '91

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In this 1991 volume a distinguished team of international contributors consider some of the central long-term issues raised by the problem of income distribution. The Kuznets curve - i.e. the notion that income distribution became increasingly unequal during the period of industrialisation, and progressively less unequal during the drive to maturity - lies at the centre of much of the analysis, and its relevance is discussed in a wide-ranging series of articles covering the British, Belgian, German, Australian, Austrian and American experiences. This volume was the first for many years to take such a broad, comparative approach to income distribution, and makes an important and authoritative contribution to an area of perennial debate.

"All in all, this book makes good reading for those interested in economic history, in problems of income distribution (theory or measurement), or, better yet, in both." Journal of Comparative Economics

ISBN: 9780521356473

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm

Weight: 580g

278 pages