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- catalog abstract ""The contributors to this volume investigate to what extent welfare has increased in the United States over the postwar period and provide a rigorous examination of both conventional measures of the standard of living." "This volume answers the question posed by the title and will be of interest to economists, sociologists, policymakers and policy analysts, as well as students of these fields."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13293124.
- catalog contributor b13293125.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""The contributors to this volume investigate to what extent welfare has increased in the United States over the postwar period and provide a rigorous examination of both conventional measures of the standard of living." "This volume answers the question posed by the title and will be of interest to economists, sociologists, policymakers and policy analysts, as well as students of these fields."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Recent trends in living standards in the United States / Edward N. Wolff -- Using expenditures to measure the standard of living in the United States : does it make a difference? / David S. Johnson -- Who has benefited from economic growth in the United States since 1969? The case of children / Christopher Jencks, Susan E. Mayer and Joseph Swingle -- Reassessing the consumer price index : five years after the Boskin Commission / Dean Baker -- Has economic well-being improved in Canada and the United States? / Lars Osberg and Andrew Sharpe -- Comparing living standards across nations : real incomes at the top, the bottom, and the middle / Timothy M. Smeeding and Lee Rainwater -- Race, home ownership, and family structure in twentieth-century America / William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo -- Living standard potential and the transmission of advantage in Chile / Seymour Spilerman and Florencia Torche -- Historical perspective on the standard of living using anthropometric data / Richard H. Steckel -- Time intensity and well-being : what we can learn from time-use data / Thomas L. Hungerford and Maria S. Floro -- Measuring worker rights and labor strength in the advanced economies / Robert Buchele and Jens Christiansen -- Measuring quality of life with local indicators / Daphne T. Greenwood.".
- catalog extent "xxxii, 392 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1843761939".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Northhampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub.,".
- catalog spatial "Developed countries.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306/.0973 22".
- catalog subject "Cost and standard of living.".
- catalog subject "Economic indicators.".
- catalog subject "Employee rights.".
- catalog subject "HN25 .W53 2004".
- catalog subject "Income distribution.".
- catalog subject "Quality of life Developed countries.".
- catalog subject "Quality of life Measurement.".
- catalog subject "Quality of life United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Recent trends in living standards in the United States / Edward N. Wolff -- Using expenditures to measure the standard of living in the United States : does it make a difference? / David S. Johnson -- Who has benefited from economic growth in the United States since 1969? The case of children / Christopher Jencks, Susan E. Mayer and Joseph Swingle -- Reassessing the consumer price index : five years after the Boskin Commission / Dean Baker -- Has economic well-being improved in Canada and the United States? / Lars Osberg and Andrew Sharpe -- Comparing living standards across nations : real incomes at the top, the bottom, and the middle / Timothy M. Smeeding and Lee Rainwater -- Race, home ownership, and family structure in twentieth-century America / William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo -- Living standard potential and the transmission of advantage in Chile / Seymour Spilerman and Florencia Torche -- Historical perspective on the standard of living using anthropometric data / Richard H. Steckel -- Time intensity and well-being : what we can learn from time-use data / Thomas L. Hungerford and Maria S. Floro -- Measuring worker rights and labor strength in the advanced economies / Robert Buchele and Jens Christiansen -- Measuring quality of life with local indicators / Daphne T. Greenwood.".
- catalog title "What has happened to the quality of life in the advanced industrialized nations? / edited by Edward N. Wolff.".
- catalog type "text".