Progress for the Poor - Lane Kenworthy

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Résumé :
One of the principal goals of antipoverty efforts should be to improve the absolute living standards of the least well-off. This book aims to enhance our understanding of how to do that, drawing on the experiences of twenty affluent countries since the 1970s.

Biographie:
Lane Kenworthy studies the causes and consequences of poverty, inequality, mobility, employment, economic growth, social policy, taxes, and public opinion in affluent countries. In addition to Progress for the Poor, he is the author of Jobs with Equality (Oxford University Press, 2008), Egalitarian Capitalism (Russell Sage Foundation, 2004),In Search of National Economic Success (Sage, 1995), and articles in various social science journals. He also writes on these topics at his blog, Consider the Evidence. He is professor of sociology and political science at the University of Arizona.

Sommaire:
1. Raise the Floor ; 2. Growth is Good for the Poor, if Social Policy Passes It On ; 3. How Trickle Down Can Fail: the U.S. Case ; 4. Generous Social Policy Reduces Material Deprivation ; 5. Low Wages Need Not Mean Low Incomes ; 6. Targeting May Not Be So Bad ; 7. Public Services Are an Important Antipoverty Tool ; 8. The Tax Mix Matters Less Than We Thought ; 9. The Aim Is Not Spending Per Se ; 10. Tradeoffs? ; 11. The Politics of Helping the Poor ; Acknowledgments ; Appendix: Data Definitions and Sources ; Notes ; References ; Index