The Decline of the Middle Class: An International Perspective

References

• Aristotle. Politics, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1932.
   Google Scholar
• Atkinson, A.B. and A. Brandolini. “Promise and Pitfalls in the Use of ‘Secondary’ Data Sets: Income Inequality in OECD Countries as a Case Study.” Journal of Economic Literature 39, #3 (2001):771–799.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Barro, R. “Determinants of Democracy.” Journal of Political Economy Vol. 107, #6 (1999):S158–S183.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Becker, G. Human Capital, 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
   Google Scholar
• Belous, R., L. LeGrande, and B. Cashell. Middle Class Erosion and Growing Income Inequality: Fact or Fiction? Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service Report #85-203E, 1985.
   Google Scholar
• Blackburn, M., and D. Bloom. “What is Happening to the Middle Class?” American Demographics January (1985): 18–25.
   Google Scholar
• Bradbury, K. “The Shrinking Middle Class.” New England Economic Review Sept./Oct.(1986):41–55.
   Google Scholar
• Brown, C. “Does Income Distribution Matter for Effective Demand?” Review of Political Economy 16 (2004):291–307.
   Google Scholar
• Budd, E., and T. Whiteman. “Macroeconomic Fluctuations and the Size Distribution of Income and Earnings in the United States.” In Income Distribution and Economic Inequality edited by Z. Griliches et al pp. 11–27. New York: Halsted Press, 1978.
   Google Scholar
• Burtless, G. “Trends in the Level and Distribution of U.S. Living Standards, 1973-1993.” Eastern Economic Journal 22, #3 (1996):271–90.
   Google Scholar
• Burkhauser, R.V., A.D. Crews, M.C. Daly, and S.P. Jenkins. Income Mobility and the Middle Class. Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, 1996.
   Google Scholar
• Coleman, R., and L. Rainwater. Social Standing in America: New Dimensions of Class. New York: Basic Books, 1978.
   Google Scholar
• Danziger, S. “Do Working Wives Increase Family Income Inequality?” Monthly Labor Review 15, #3 (1980):444–51.
   Google Scholar
• Davis, J., and J.H. Huston. “The Shrinking Middle-Income Class: A Multivariate Analysis.” Eastern Economic Journal 18, #3 (1992): 277–85.
   Google Scholar
• Esping-Anderson, G. The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990.
   Google Scholar
• Frank, R. Luxury Fever: Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess. New York: Free Press, 1999.
   Google Scholar
• Galbraith, J. Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay. New York: Free Press. 1998.
   Google Scholar
• Galbraith, J. “Income Distribution.” In A New Guide to Post Keynesian Economics, edited by R.P.F. Holt and S. Pressman, pp. 32–41. London and New York: Routledge, 2001.
   Google Scholar
• George, H. Progress and Poverty. New York: Schalenback Foundation, 1931.
   Google Scholar
• Harrington, M., and M. Levinson. “The Perils of a Dual Economy.” Dissent (1985):417–426.
   Google Scholar
• Horrigan, M.W., and S.E. Haugen. “The Declining Middle Class Thesis: A Sensitivity Analysis.” Monthly Labor Review 111, #5 (1988):3–13.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Karoly, L. “Anatomy of the U.S. Income Distribution: Two Decades of Change.” Review of Economic Policy 12, #1 (1996):76–95.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krelle, W., and R. Pauly. “Distributional Impacts of Public Expenditure Programs and Tax Changes.” In Income Distribution and Economic Inequality, edited by Z. Griliches, pp. 28–65. New York: Halsted Press, 1978.
   Google Scholar
• Kuttner, R. (1983) “The Declining Middle.” The Atlantic Monthly July (1983):60–72.
   Google Scholar
• Lawrence, R. “Sectoral Shifts and the Size of the Middle Class.” Brookings Review (1984):3–11.
   Google Scholar
• Layard, R. Happiness. New York: Penguin, 2005.
   Google Scholar
• Lerman, R. “The Impact of the Changing U.S. Family Structure on Child Poverty & Income Inequality.” Economica 63 (1996):S119–S139.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Levy, F. Dollars and Dreams: The Changing American Income Distribution. New York: Norton, 1988.
   Google Scholar
• Levy, F., and R. Michel. The Way We’ll Be in 1984: Recent Changes in the Level and Distribution of Disposable Income. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute, 1983.
   Google Scholar
• Malthus, T.R. An Essay on the Principle of Population, 2nd ed. London, 1803.
   Google Scholar
• Marx, K. The Communist Manifesto. New York: International Publishers, 1948.
   Google Scholar
• Mincer, J. Schooling, Experience and Earnings. New York: Columbia University Press, 1974.
   Google Scholar
• Newman, K. Falling from Grace. New York: Random House, 1988.
   Google Scholar
• Pressman, S. “Consumption Income Distribution and Taxation: Keynes’s Fiscal Policy.” Journal of Income Distribution 7, #1 (1997):29–44.
   Google Scholar
• Pressman, S. “The Role of the State and the State Budget.” In A New Guide to Post Keynesian Economics, edited by R. Holt and S. Pressman, pp. 102–13. New York and London: Routledge, 2001.
   Google Scholar
• Pressman, S. “The Gender Poverty Gap in Developed and Transitional Economies.” Journal of Economic Issues 36 (2002): 17–40.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rose, S. Social Stratification in the United States. Baltimore: Social Graphics Co., 1983.
   Google Scholar
• Rosenthal, N. “The Shrinking Middle Class: Myth or Reality?” Monthly Labor Review 108, #3 (1985):3–10.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saunders, P. Evidence on Income Redistribution by Governments. Paris: OECD, 1984.
   Google Scholar
• Smeeding, T.M., G. Schmaus, and S. Allegraza. “An Introduction to LIS.” LIS-CEPS Working Paper #1, 1985.
   Google Scholar
• Smeeding, T.M., L. Rainwater, B. Buhmann, and G. Schmays. “Luxembourg Income Study (LIS): Information Guide.” LIS-CEPS Working Paper #7, 1988.
   Google Scholar
• Steinberg, B. “The Mass Market is Splitting Apart.” Fortune November 28, 1983, pp. 76–82.
   Google Scholar
• Thurow, L.C. “The Disappearance of the Middle Class.” New York Times February 5, 1984, p. F3.
   Google Scholar
• Thurow, L.C. The Zero-Sum Solution. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.
   Google Scholar
• Thurow, L.C. “A Surge in Inequality.” Scientific American 256 (1987):30–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Titmuss, R. Essays on the Welfare State. London: Allen & Unwin, 1958.
   Google Scholar