The changing distribution of earnings in OECD countries /
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| Author / Creator: | Atkinson, A. B. (Anthony Barnes) 1944-2017. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. |
| Description: | xxiii, 480 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Rodolfo Debenedetti lectures |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7249070 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. The Lecture
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The race between technology and education- the textbook model
- 3. Taking data seriously - where the data come from and how we should use them
- 4. The changes in dispersion since 1980
- 5. Recent history in full - was there a lull before the storm?
- 6. A longer-run view of the earnings distribution - the Great Compression and the Golden Age
- 7. What we are seeking to explain
- 8. A behavioural model of change in pay differentials - the "fanning out" at the top of the earnings distribution
- 9. Superstars and pyramids - two complementary explanations for changes in top earnings1
- 0. Conclusions
- Part II. Details of the ModelsNote
- 1. The dynamics of supply and demandNote
- 2. A behavioural model of changing pay normsNote
- 3. Superstars and pyramids
- Part III. New Empirical Evidence for 20 OECD CountriesIntroduction to
- Part III.
- A. Australia
- B. Austria
- C. Canada
- D. Czech Republic
- E. Denmark
- F. Finland
- G. France
- H. Germany
- I. Hungary
- J. Ireland
- K. Italy
- L. Netherlands
- M. New Zealand
- N. Norway
- O. Poland
- P. Portugal
- Q. Sweden
- R. Switzerland
- S. United Kingdom
- T. United States
