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Poverty And Prosperity In The Usa In The Late 20th Century

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Dimitri B. Papadimitriou

    1. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA

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  2. Edward N. Wolff

    1. New York University, New York, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Maury Gittleman, Edward N. Wolff
      Pages 1-17

  3. Poverty: Trends, Composition and Sources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Why were Poverty Rates so High in the 1980s?

      • Rebecca M. Blank
      Pages 21-57

    3. Who are the Truly Poor? Patterns of Official and Net Earnings Capacity Poverty, 1973–88

      • Robert Haveman, Larry Buron
      Pages 58-88

    4. The Health, Earnings Capacity, and Poverty of Single-mother Families

      • Barbara L. Wolfe, Steven Hill
      Pages 89-120

    5. Recent Trends in Economic Inequality in the United States: Income versus Expenditures versus Material Well-being

      • Susan E. Mayer, Christopher Jencks
      Pages 121-207

  4. Anatomy of Income Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Social Security Annuities and Transfers: Distributional and Tax Implications

      • Edward N. Wolff
      Pages 211-239

    3. W(h)ither the Middle Class? A Dynamic View

      • Greg J. Duncan, Timothy M. Smeeding, Willard Rodgers
      Pages 240-274

    4. Changes in Earnings Differentials in the 1980s: Concordance, Convergence, Causes, and Consequences

      • McKinley L. Blackburn, David E. Bloom, Richard B. Freeman
      Pages 275-316

    5. The Changing Contributions of Men and Women to the Level and Distribution of Family Income, 1968–88

      • Maria Cancian, Sheldon Danziger, Peter Gottschalk
      Pages 317-354

  5. Policy Discussion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 355-355
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    2. Policy Forum: Prospects for Future Policy

      • Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Edward N. Wolff
      Pages 357-379

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 381-390
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  • Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA

    Dimitri B. Papadimitriou

  • New York University, New York, USA

    Edward N. Wolff

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