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Book SynopsisNo question is more pertinent to worker welfare than explaining changes in overall income inequality. The papers presented in this volume explore this important issue and evaluate government programmes and their impact upon welfare.
Table of ContentsList of contributors. Preface (S.W. Polachek). Accounting for income inequality and its change: A new method, with applications to the distribution of earnings in the United States (G.S. Fields). The relationship between the economy and the welfare caseload: A dynamic approach (S. Haider et al.). New Jersey's family cap and family size decisions: Findings from a five-year evaluation (M.J. Camasso et al.). Tracking the household income of SSDI and SSI applicants (J. Bound et al.). Minimum wages and on-the-job training (D. Acemoglu, J.-S. Pischke). Racial and ethnic difference in pension wealth (W.E. Even, D.A. Macpherson). Count-level estimates of the employment prospects of low-skill workers (D.C. Ribar). Determinants of immigrant selectivity and skills (M. Zavodny). Immigration and the labor force participation of low-skill native workers (H. Johannsson et al.). Children, nondiscriminatory provision of fringe benefits and household labor market decisions (M.C. Berger et al.). Wage gains from better health and employment-based health insurance (P. Fronstin et al.). The family gap in pay: Evidence from seven industrialized countries (S. Harkness, J. Waldfogel). Why choose women's work if it pays less? A structural model of occupational choice (M.M. Pitts). New evidence on culture and the gender wage gap: A comparison across ethnic origin groups (H. Antecol). Gender differences in reasons for job mobility intentions in higher education (J. Van Gilder et al.).
