Fighting poverty in the US and Europe : a world of difference /

Alesina, Alberto.

Fighting poverty in the US and Europe : a world of difference / Alberto Alesina and Edward L. Glaeser. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xi, 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Rodolfo Debenedetti lectures .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-234) and indexes.

Introduction -- Redistribution in the United States and Europe: the data -- Economic explanations -- Political institutions and redistribution -- The origin of political institutions -- Race and redistributions -- The ideology os redistribution.

9780199286102

2004274867

GB A4-Y7355


Poverty--Europe.
Poverty--United States.
Poverty--Government policy--Europe.
Poverty--Government policy--United States.

HC79.P6 / A553 2004

362.57094