Income Packaging in the Welfare State: Comparative Study of Family Income - Hardcover

Rein, Martin

 
9780198284826: Income Packaging in the Welfare State: Comparative Study of Family Income
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198284829 ISBN 13: 9780198284826
Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1987

Synopsis

This book compares the distribution of family incomes and the effect of social policy upon them in the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden. There are three interwoven themes: the interaction of multiple sources in generating family income distribution; the dynamic role of women in the modern welfare economy; and the role of government transfers in accounting for the economic well-being of families in the middle of their life course. Throughout the book two perspectives are brought to bear on these themes. A systematic comparison is made to elucidate similarities and differences across the three countries, and family income distribution within each country is studied to see how it is affected by the multiplicity of income sources. In conclusion, the authors deal with the implications of the study for family economic well-being in the "crisis" economic circumstances of the 1980s.

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Publisher
Clarendon Press
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198284829
ISBN 13 
9780198284826
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
296