Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Transfers in a Total Incomes System of Accounts 9
6. 2. An Accounting Framework for Transfer Payments and Its Implications for the Size Distribution of Income 37
7. 3. Transfer Elements in the Taxation of Income from Capital 87
8. 4. Approaches to Measuring and Valuing In-Kind Subsidies and the Distribution of Their Benefits 139
9. 5. The Effect of Different Measures of Benefit on Estimates of the Distributive Consequences of Government Programs 177
10. 6. The Role of Time in the Measurement of Transfers and Well-Being 199
11. 7. Income Transfers and the Economic Status of the Elderly 239
12. 8. The Role of Income Transfers in Reducing Inequality between and within Regions 283
13. 9. Trends in Social Security Wealth by Cohort 327
14. 10. Raising the Normal Retirement Age under Social Security: A Life-Cycle Analysis 359
15. Contributors 381
16. Author Index 383
17. Subject Index 386