The Changing Distribution of Income in an Open U.S. Economy

Content: 
Contributions to Economic AnalysisPage ii
Front MatterPage iii
Copyright pagePage iv
Introduction to the SeriesPage vThe Editors
PrefacePages vii-viii
List of FiguresPages xvii-xx
List of TablesPages xxi-xxiv
List of Conference SpeakersPages xxv-xxvi
Chapter 1 - The Scope, Growth, and Causes of Income Inequality in an Open U.S. EconomyPages 3-27Jeffrey H. Bergstrand, Thomas F. Cosimano, John W. Houck, Richard G. Sheehan
Chapter 2 - Levels of and Changes in the Distribution of U.S. IncomePages 29-63Charles T. Nelson
Chapter 3 - A Dominance Evaluation of Distributions of Income and the Benefits of Economic GrowthPages 65-103John A. Bishop, John P. Formby
Chapter 4 - The Growth in Male Earnings Inequality, 1973–1988: The Role of Earnings Capacity and UtilizationPages 105-144Robert H. Haveman, Lawrence Buron
Chapter 5 - Dimensions of Inequality in Labor IncomePages 145-179Finis Welch
Chapter 6 - Using Regional Data to Reexamine the Contribution of Demographic and Sectoral Changes to Increasing U.S. Wage InequalityPages 183-216Lynn A. Karoly, Jacob Alex Klerman
Chapter 7 - The Relationship Between Wage Inequality and International TradePages 217-241George J. Borjas, Valerie A. Ramey
Chapter 8 - A Macroeconometric Model of Income Inequality in the United StatesPages 243-278Nathan S. Balke, Daniel J. Slottje
Chapter 9 - Technological Progress and Income Inequality: A Model with Human Capital and Bequests*Pages 279-297Edi Karni, Itzhak Zilcha
Chapter 10 - Productivity and Income Inequality Growth Rates in the United StatesPages 299-327Kathy J. Hayes, Michael Nieswiadomy, Daniel J. Slottje, Michael Redfearn, Edward N. Wolff
Chapter 11 - Old Theories in New Bottles: Toward an Explanation of Growing World-Wide Income InequalityPages 331-342Barry Bluestone
Chapter 12 - General Economic Theory and Income InequalityPages 343-347Kenneth J. Arrow
Chapter 13 - Have we Underinvested in Education?Pages 349-353Orley Ashenfelter
Chapter 14 - The Changing Distribution of Income in an Open U.S. Economy: Findings and LessonsPages 355-360Robert H. Haveman
Chapter 15 - Summary and ConclusionsPages 361-379Jeffrey H. Bergstrand, Thomas F. Cosimano, John W. Houck, Richard G. Sheehan
IndexPages 381-385