Table of Contents

Introduction Part I Inequality and Poverty over Extended Periods Vulnerable Households and Variable Incomes (Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay and Frank Cowell). Who Are the Chronic Poor? An Econometric Analysis of Chronic Poverty in Germany (Martin Biewen). Simulating Cohort Earnings for Australia (Justin van de Ven). The Distributional Effects of Taxation in Australia and the United Kingdom Evidence from Microsimulations (Justin van de Ven). Wealth Inequality Lifetime and Cross-sectional Views (Simon Kelly). Part II Intergenerational Transfers of Poverty Do Poor Children Become Poor Adults? Lessons from a Cross Country Comparison of Generational Earnings Mobility (Miles Corak). Family Size and Child Achievement (Nathan D. Grawe). Parental Income and the Choice of Participation in University, Polytechnic or Employment at Age Eighteen: A Longitudinal Study (Sholeh A. Maani). Part III Inequality over Time Skills, Computerization and Income Inequality in the Postwar U.S. Economy (Edward N. Wolff). Bayesian Assessment of Lorenz and Stochastic Dominance in Income Distributions (Duangkamon Chotikapanich and William E. Griffiths). Part IV Measurement Issues Defining and Measuring Extreme Poverty (Paul Makdissi and Quentin Wodon Theil). Inequality Indices and Decomposition (Frank A. Cowell).