The Distribution of Welfare and Household Production: International Perspectives [Hardcover]

This book uses a range of approaches to measure living standards and economic welfare.This book is all about personal living standards - how to measure them, how they compare across countries, and how they relate to the type of household in which people live, the labour market, and the tax benefit system. Nineteen chapters all specially written for this book, by a distinguished set of international authors, provide new empirical evidence based on large-scale household surveys for several countries, plus new theoretical research about how to measure and compare living standards.This book is all about personal living standards - how to measure them, how they compare across countries, and how they relate to the type of household in which people live, the labour market, and the tax benefit system. Nineteen chapters all specially written for this book, by a distinguished set of international authors, provide new empirical evidence based on large-scale household surveys for several countries, plus new theoretical research about how to measure and compare living standards.This book is all about personal living standards--how to measure them, how they compare across countries, and how they relate to the type of household in which people live, the labor market, and the tax benefit system. Nineteen chapters, all specially written for this book by a distinguished set of international authors, provide new empirical evidence based on large-scale household surveys for several countries, plus new theoretical research about how to measure and compare living standards.1. Introduction S. Jenkins, A. Kapteyn, and B. van Praag; 2. Escape from citadella neoclassica: reflections of the work of Aldi Hagenaars J. Hartog; Part I. Cross-National Comparisons of the Distribution of Welfare: 3. Patterns of poverty in Europe A. J. M. Hagenaars, K. de Vos, and M. A. Zaidi; 4. Comparing poverty rates across countries: a case study of France and the United Kingdom A. B. Atkinson, K. Gardiner, V. Lelƒt