Lifetime income distribution and redistribution : applications of a microsimulation model /

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Author / Creator:Harding, Ann, 1958-
Imprint:Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, 1993.
Description:xxv, 408 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Contributions to economic analysis 221
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1514388
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ISBN:0444898433
Notes:Originally presented as the author's doctoral dissertation at the London School of Economics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Lifetime Income and Microsimulation Models
  • Introduction
  • lt Simulating longitudinal data
  • Outline of this book
  • Microsimulation Models
  • lt Types of microsimulation models
  • Problems of dynamic microsimulation models
  • Key Characteristics of the Model
  • lt Simulating the impact of government
  • Limitations of the model
  • Income and tax measures used in the model
  • Lifetime Results
  • Lifetime Income by Education, Family Status, and Unemployment Status
  • lt Lifetime income by education status
  • Lifetime income by familty status
  • Lifetime income by unemployment status
  • The Distribution of Lifetime Income
  • lt Lifetime income distribution of males
  • Lifetime income distribution of females
  • Income sharing within the family
  • Lifetime income for the entire cohort
  • Lifetime vs Annual Income Distribution and Redistribution
  • lt Annual income distribution by sex
  • Lifetime vs annual distribution
  • Lifetime vs annual tax-transfer incidence
  • Cash transfers and adjusted income taxes
  • Lifetime vs annual incidence of education
  • Lifecycle Income Distribution and Redistribution
  • lt Lifecycle income by lifetime income
  • Lifecycle income by lifetime family status
  • Lifecycle income by lifetime education status
  • Construction of the Model
  • The Demographic, Disability and Education Modules
  • lt Mortality
  • Disability, handicap and invalidity
  • Primary and secondary schooling
  • Tertiary education
  • Family formation and dissolution
  • Fertility
  • Labour Force Participation and Unemployment
  • lt Overview of the module
  • Labour force participation
  • Self-employment status
  • Full and part-time status and annual hours worked
  • Unemployment status and hours unemployed
  • Full-time students and invalids
  • Labour force profiles of the cohort
  • Earned and Unearned Income.lt
  • Simulating earnings
  • Investment income
  • Superannuation income
  • Maintenance income
  • Government Expenditures and Taxes
  • lt Social security outlays
  • Education outlays
  • Income tax
  • Conclusion
  • lt Lifetime vs annual income distribution
  • Lifetime vs annual tax-transfer incidence
  • Intra vs inter-personal income redistribution
  • Relative position of men and women
  • Lifetime income by education
  • Lifetime income by family status
  • Appendix 1. The 1986 Australian Income Distribution Survey
  • Endnotes
  • References
  • Author index
  • Subject index