Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Part I. The Shapes and Determinants of Inequality: Broad Trends
6. Chapter 2. Wage Dispersion 29
7. Chapter 3. Household Income Inequality 46
8. Chapter 4. Top Income Shares of National Income 72
9. Chapter 5. Poverty 93
10. Chapter 6. Social Policy 113
11. Chapter 7. Social Investment versus Social Consumption? 129
12. Part II. A Closer Look at Four Trajectories: Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the United States
13. Chapter 8. Germany 143
14. Chapter 9. Spain 168
15. Chapter 10. Sweden 193
16. Chapter 11. United States 213
17. Chapter 12. The Cases Compared 230
18. Chapter 13. Conclusion 244
19. Appendix A. Figures and Tables, All Countries 275
20. Appendix B. Figures and Tables, Case Studies 293
21. Appendix C. Operationalization of Variables 303
22. Appendix D. Statistical Estimations 313
23. Appendix E. Alternative Statistical Estimators 317
24. Notes 325
25. References 329
26. Index 359