Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty: Comparing Income Distributions Book

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Acknowledgements
I	Introduction
1	Introduction and Outline	1
2	Measuring Inequality and Poverty	11
II	Cross-sectional Comparisons
3	Cross-sectional Comparisons	39
4	A Model of Income Distribution	55
5	Comparing Transfer Systems	75
6	Poverty with Threshold Consumption	97
7	Indirect Tax Reform	117
8	The Distributional Effects of Inflation	135
III	Income Dynamics
9	Dynamics of Income Distribution	155
10	Mobility and Inequality	165
11	Income Dynamics over the Life Cycle	179
12	Evaluating Income Tax Changes	209
13	Income Taxation and the Time Period	231
14	Mobility and Social Welfare	257
15	Poverty Over Two Periods	269
	Bibliography	281
	Index	301