Public policy and the income distribution / Alan J. Auerbach, David Card, John M. Quigley, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction / Alan J. Auerbach, David Card and John M. Quigley -- Pt. I. Government transfer programs -- Ch 2. What did the 1990s welfare reforms accomplish? / Rebecca M. Blank -- Ch. 3. The take-up of social benefits / Janet Currie -- Ch. 4. Government programs and social outcomes : comparison of the United States with other rich nations / Timothy M. Smeeding -- Pt. II. Taxation and social insurance -- Ch. 5. Income and wealth concentration in a historical and international perspective / Emmanuel Saez -- Ch. 6. Social security and the evolution of elderly poverty / Gary V. Engelhardt and Jonathan Gruber -- Ch. 7. The measurement and evolution of health inequality : evidence from the U.S. Medicare population / Jonathan Skinner and Weiping Zhou -- Pt. III. Government policies and outcomes -- Ch. 8. The socioeconomic status of black males : the increasing importance of incarceration / Steven Raphael -- Ch. 9. Public health and mortality : what can we learn from the past? / Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn.