Volume 18, Number 1: March 2009

Table of Contents

Functional Distribution, Capital Accumulation and Growth in a Non-Linear Macrodynamic Model
Gilberto Tadeu Lima
3
The ‘extended’ Atkinson family and changes in the expenditure distribution. Spain 1973/74-2003
Francisco J. Goerlich-Gisbert, Casilda Lasso de la Vega, Ana Marta Urrutia
20
A Unified Approach to Economic Dominance and Inequality Measures using a General Transformation Function
Subir Ghosh
42
Globalisation and Wage Inequality: A Comparison of the Manufacturing Sector in Canada and the United States from 1970 to 2001
Gilles Grenier, Akbar Tavakoli
53
Intercity Income Inequality Growth and Convergence in China
Gordon Anderson, Ying Ge
70
Spatial Convergence in Height in Central Europe, 1890-1910
Marek Brabec, John Komlos
90
Fiscal Decentralization, Commitment and Regional Inequality: Evidence from State-level Cross-sectional Data for the United States
Nobuo Akai, Masayo Hosio
113
An Econometric Analysis of the Links Between Income Inequality and Economic Growth
Yohannes G. Hailu, Tesfa G. Gebremedhin, Randall W. Jackson
130
New Look at the Economic Well-Being of the Elderly in the United States, 1989-2001
Edward Wolff, Ajit Zacharias
146

Book Reviews

Just Generosity: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America, by Ronald J. Sider
Samuel L. Myers Jr.
180
Miracle Cure: How to Solve America's Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn't the Answer, by Sally C. Pipes
Richard W. Johnson
183