Income Distribution Historical

In this volume a distinguished team of international contributors consider some of the central long-term issues raised by the problem of income distribution. The Kuznets curve--i.e. the notion that income distribution became increasingly unequal during the period of industrialization and progressively less unequal during the twentieth century--lies at the center of much of the analysis and its relevance is discussed in a wide-ranging series of articles covering the British Belgian German Australian Austrian and American experiences. This volume is the first in many years to take such a broad comparative approach to income distribution and makes an important and authoritative contribution to an area of perennial debate.