Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe

作者：Alberto Alesina, Edward L. Glaeser · 年份：2004 · DOI：10.1093/0199267669.001.0001 · 被引用次数：1520 · 研究领域：Social Policy and Reform Studies、Income, Poverty, and Inequality、Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Abstract This book explores the difference in the distributive policies of the United States and Europe. It seeks answers to why Americans are less willing than Europeans to redistribute from the rich to the poor. It finds that redistribution is influenced by political institutions, ethnic heterogeneity, and beliefs about the nature of poverty.