Subject: Economics and Finance Book Title: Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe
Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe
A World of Difference
Alesina, Alberto
, Harvard University
Glaeser, Edward
, Harvard University
Print publication date: 2004
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2005
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926766-8
doi:10.1093/0199267669.001.0001
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2005
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926766-8
doi:10.1093/0199267669.001.0001
Abstract:
This book explores the difference in the distributive policies of the United States and Europe. It seeks answers to why Americans are less willing than Europeans to redistribute from the rich to the poor. It finds that redistribution is influenced by political institutions, ethnic heterogeneity, and beliefs about the nature of poverty.
Keywords: United States, Europe, welfare policy, income redistribution, rich, poor, poverty
Keywords: United States, Europe, welfare policy, income redistribution, rich, poor, poverty
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Redistribution in the United States and Europe: The Data
Chapter 3. Economic Explanations
Chapter 4. Political Institutions and Redistribution
Chapter 5. The Origin of Political Institutions
Chapter 6. Race and Redistribution
Chapter 7. The Ideology of Redistribution
Chapter 8. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
doi:10.1093/0199267669.001.0001
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