| List of Contributors | vii |
| Introduction | ix |
| Chapter 1 Inheritance Taxation: Redistribution and Predistribution Frank A. Cowell, Dirk Van de gaer and Chang He | 1 |
| Chapter 2 A Note on Progressive Taxation and Inequality Equivalence Claudio Zoli | 15 |
| Chapter 3 Income and Wealth Distributions in a Neoclassical Growth Model With σ ≥ 1 Mauro Patrão | 35 |
| Chapter 4 Applying The Decomposition of the Foster and Wolfson Bipolarization Index to Earnings Functions Elena Bárcena-Martin and Jacques Silber | 63 |
| Chapter 5 The Counting Approach to Multidimensional Food Security Measurement: The Case of Israel Miri Endeweld and Jacques Silber | 89 |
| Chapter 6 The Impact of Education on Income Inequality in Latin America Between 2000 and 2010 Claudia Sámano-Robles | 109 |
| Chapter 7 Income Inequality and Inequality of Opportunity in Europe: Are They on the Rise? Ana Suárez Álvarez and Ana Jesús López Menéndez | 149 |
| Chapter 8 Macro-Economic Determinants of Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Disadvantage in Europe Maria A. Davia and Nuria Legazpe | 197 |
| Chapter 9 Long-Run Factors Influencing Intergenerational Perceived Job Status Mobility John A. Bishop, Haiyong Liu and Juan Gabriel Rodríguez | 219 |
| Chapter 10 Misperceptions: An Analysis of Subjective Economic Inequality Aboozar Hadavand | 247 |
| Chapter 11 Democracy and Equality Preferences John A. Bishop and Haiyong Liu | 283 |
| About the Editors | 299 |
| Index | 301 |
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