Economic Well-Being and Inequality: Papers from the Fifth Ecineq Meeting

by John Bishop

Book Overview

Research on Economic Inequality, Volume 22 begins with papers of widespread interest on the impact of the Great Recession. The first paper addresses the impact of "asset meltdown" on the wealth of the US middle class, with disparate racial and ethnic impacts. The second studies poverty and inequality in the US in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The next topic is on the evolution of poverty and inequality in the world. One paper proposes a new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783505672
• ISBN13: 9781783505678
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"