Income Distribution Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9725629 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A B Atkinson, Martin Bronfenbrenner |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 157 |
| Pages | 88 |
| Publication date | 1973-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2552684 |
| OpenAlex | W2889932340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
This is a well-grounded restatement, defense, and development of the theory of income distribution in both its micro- and macro-economic aspects. The author, an authority in the field who has spent many years developing the ideas in this book, balances neoclassical theories with Keynesian and radical approaches. He considers income distribution theory in terms of ideology, statistics, micro- and macro-economics, income policies, and the poverty problem. The result is a distinctive and comprehensive treatment of a subject that has polarized many economists over many decades. Bronfenbrenner reacts against conventional theories that concentrate on output markets, virtually ignoring input prices. He also opposes the brand of institutionalism that regards democratic business unionism as an American institution that can do no wrong. Overall, Bronfenbrenner presents an eclectic defense of a traditional theory of economics that has been under attack from rival viewpoints with insufficient rebuttal, and that proves to be a powerful tool of analysis in dealing with this subject. The book is organized into three main parts: an ideological and statistical personal introduction to income distribution, microeconomic distribution theory, and macroeconomic distribution theory. A final chapter considers incomes policies, with a rather skeptical view of the prospects for political control of income distribution within a basically free economy. The manuscript has been widely used and class tested over the past thirty-five years. The book will be useful to professional economists. It may be used as a basic text in courses on income distribution and as a supplementary text in microeconomic theory
Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Ideology · Income distribution · Inequality · Institutionalism · Macroeconomics · Microfoundations · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Poverty · Public economics · Rebuttal · Skepticism · Economic Theory and Policy · Law
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Government involvement in the economy and the distribution of income
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Inequality and the Legal Order
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Urban Residential Segregation and Black Income
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Military Spending and Income Inequality
The Statistical Signature of Pervasive Competition on Wage and Salary Incomes
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The Future of Publication in the History of Economic Thought
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| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 2014 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |