ISBN:
1843761939
,
9781843761938
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxxii, 392 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
In Association with the Levy Economics Institute
Parallel Title:
Print version What has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized Nations? : What has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized Nations?
DDC:
306/.0973
Keywords:
Quality of life
;
Employee rights
;
Income distribution
;
Quality of life
;
Cost and standard of living
;
Economic indicators
;
Quality of life Measurement
Abstract:
The chapters cover such topics as: race, home ownership and family structure; the status of children; the consumer price index; a historical perspective on the standard of living; worker rights and labor strength in advanced economies. In addition, they explore two economic systems delivering the goods - the free enterprise system of the United States and the European social welfare state. They then present international comparisons and highlight the relative advantages and disadvantages of these two systems
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; PART I Living Standards in the United States; 1. Recent trends in living standards in the United States; 2. Using expenditures to measure the standard of living in the United States: does it make a difference?; 3. Who has benefited from economic growth in the United States since 1969? The case of children; 4. Reassessing the consumer price index: five years after the Boskin Commission; PART II International Comparisons of Living Standards
Description / Table of Contents:
5. Has economic well-being improved in Canada and the United States?6. Comparing living standards across nations: real incomes at the top, the bottom, and the middle; PART III Wealth and Living Standards; 7. Race, home ownership, and family structure in twentieth-century America; 8. Living standard potential and the transmission of advantage in Chile; PART IV Other Dimensions in Measuring Well-being; 9. Historical perspective on the standard of living using anthropometric data; 10. Time intensity and well-being: what we can learn from time-use data
Description / Table of Contents:
11. Measuring worker rights and labor strength in the advanced economies12. Measuring quality of life with local indicators; Index
Note:
"In association with the Levy Economics Institute"--T.p
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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