Income Distribution in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3481675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas A Hibbs (University of Gothenburg), Christopher Dennis (0000-0002-4072-0227, California State University, Long Beach) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 467-490 |
| Publication date | 1988-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1957396 |
| OpenAlex | W1975081753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 15 |
Political action has affected postwar income distribution in the United States mainly through policy-induced variations in macroeconomic activity and government transfer benefits in proportion to total income. We present a small dynamic model of the connections among the partisan balance of power, macroeconomic fluctuations, transfer spending trends, and income distribution outcomes. The model is based on the premise that the parties have different distributional goals, and it is designed to identify how shifts in party control of the presidency and the strength of the parties in Congress have affected the distribution of after-tax, after-transfer income by influencing cyclical economic performance and the flow of resources to transfer programs. We therefore extend the "partisan theory" of macroeconomic policy to the domain of income distribution outcomes
Distribution (mathematics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Income distribution · Inequality · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Public economics · Transfer payment · Welfare · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Corporate Governance, Competition, and Political Parties
The economic effects of democratic participation
Partisan theory after fifteen years
How Much Do Presidents Influence Income Inequality?
Douglas A. Hibbs, Jr. 1977. “Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy.” American Political Science Review 71 (December)
Why Weakness is a Strength
Intraoccupational Earnings Inequality
Increasing income inequality and wealth concentration in the prosperous societies of the west
The Economic Records of the Presidents
Comparing Presidents' Economic Policy Leadership
The impact of political party control and economic forces on redistributive state wage policies since 1968
Working-Class Legislators, Bill Writing, and Introduction
The Influence of Place on the Willingness to Pay for Ecosystem Services
Policy specific moods disconnect income inequality and government redistribution
Bread and Peace Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections
The Effect of Political Parties on the Distribution of Income in the American States
The Lottery and Income Inequality in the States
Has Growing Income Inequality Polarized the American Electorate? Class, Party, and Ideological Polarization
State Revenue Extraction from Different Income Groups
Explaining State-Level Variations In Levels And Change In The Distribution Of Income In The United States, 1978-1990
Conditional Status Quo Bias and Top Income Shares
Measures and meaning in comparisons of wealth equlality
Fiscal Policy and Economic Inequality in the U.S. States
The Kuznets Curve and the Great U-Turn
Political Parties, Supply-Side Strategies, and Firms
Inequality and the Partisan Political Economy
Doing Well and Doing Good
Diverse Disparities
Responsiveness in an Era of Inequality
Gambling and Income Inequality in the States
Racial Winners and Losers in American Party Politics
Factional Alliances, Trade Union Bargaining Power and Social Policy in Australia
Explaining the Party-Policy Link
Public Inflation Aversion and the Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policymaking
Welfare expansion revisited
Election manifestos and policy‐oriented economic voting
Does democracy promote equality
Economic Growth Strategies
Inequality and the Dynamics of Public Opinion
Political Choice, Public Policy, and Distributional Outcomes
Public Opinion and Democratic Party Ownership of Prosperity
The Consequences of State Economic Development Strategies on Income Distribution in the American States, 1976 to 1994
Does Politics Really Matter
Is the Water Rising? Reflections on Inequality and American Democracy
The Rise of the Super-Rich
Power resources of labor and the state politics of downsizing
Political parties and mortality
Patterns of Wealth Concentration
Politics and Economic Stratification
Inequality
Public finance in theory and practice
Handbook of econometrics
The American Political Economy
Macroeconomic Activity and Income Distribution in the Postwar United States
Who Gets What from Government
Schooling and Inequality from Generation to Generation
Presidents, Congress, and Policy Outcomes
A Theory of the Budgetary Process
Political Parties and Macroeconomic Policy
Political Parties, World Demand, and Unemployment
| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,26 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2026 (40) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 49 |