Textbook

Poverty and Income Distribution, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-1-4051-7660-6

Hardcover

672 pages

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The most thorough introduction to income distribution, discrimination, inequality, and poverty available.
Empirical throughout, with optional econometric studies, the student learns the various statistical methods used to compile data in these fields.
Most data is international in scope, generally with comparisons between the US, Canada, western European countries, Japan, and more.
Will appeal to a broad range of readers in economics, sociology, public policy, and political science.
For a self-contained course or robust enough for separate courses in income distribution, poverty or inequality.
Coursework in statistics is helpful but not necessary—those sections that contain econometric studies and more advanced mathematical treatments are marked as optional.
Discussion questions and numerical problem sets.
Strong emphasis on labor markets, with much more content on the relation between labor activity and inequality than in traditional labor economics textbooks.