Income and Wealth
Tsuneo Ishikawa, University
of Tokyo (deceased)
Description
This book aims to explain
systematically how income and wealth are produced and distributed. It not only analyses
income distribution as a consequence of economic activities, but also focuses on the
process of obtaining income. Ishikawa examines both the neo-classical and labour market
approaches to income and wealth distribution, assesses the circumstances in which each is
most appropriate, and examines to what extent they can be integrated. He surveys a wide
range of empirical data from the US, the UK, and Japan.
Readership: Scholars and students of finance and economics who are interested in labour
economics, and income and wealth distribution.
Contents/contributors
1 Introduction
2 The Concept of Distributive
Justice Ideas for Equality
3 Labour Market and the
Distribution of Income The Neo-Classical Approach
4 Schooling and the
Distribution of Labour Earnings Development of Empirical Research
5 Labour Market and the
Distribution of Income Dual Labour Market Approach
6 The Dual Labour Market
Hypothesis and the Japanese Labour Market
7 Formation of Wealth and its
Distribution
8 Conclusion
230 pages