Who loses in the downturn? economic crisis, employment and income distribution /

• Other Authors: Immervoll, Herwig, Peichl, Andreas, Tatsiramos, Konstantinos
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
• Series: Research in labor economics ; v. 32.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Labor.; Economics of industrial organisation.; Labour economics.; Income distribution.; Labor market.; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Economic events such as the recent global economic crisis can have substantial effects on the distribution of resources at the individual and household levels. Identification of appropriate and timely policy responses that support vulnerable groups is hampered by how little is known about the likely...

Table of Contents:

• Recent trends in income inequality / Timothy M. Smeeding, Jeffrey P. Thompson
• Consumption and income poverty over the business cycle / Bruce D. Meyer, James X. Sullivan
• Patterns of employment disadvantage in a recession / Richard Berthoud, Lina Cardona Sosa
• Job flows, demographics, and the great recession / Eva Sierminska, Yelena Takhtamanova
• The impact of the great recession on the Italian labour market / Francesco D'Amuri
• Reversed roles? : wage and employment effects of the current crisis / Lutz Bellmann, Hans-Dieter Gerner
• The economic crisis, public sector pay and the income distribution / Tim Callan, Brian Nolan, John Walsh
• Automatic stabilizers, economic crisis and income distribution in Europe / Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl
• Economic downturn and stress testing European welfare systems / Francesco Figari, Andrea Salvatori, Holly Sutherland.