What new theories, evidence, explanations, and policies have shaped our studies of income distribution in the 21st century?Editors Tony Atkinson and Francois Bourguignon assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues. In two volumes they address subjects that were not covered in Volume 1 (2000), such as education, health and experimental economics; and subjects that were covered but where there have been substantial new developments, such as the historical study of income inequality and globalization. Some chapters discuss future growth areas, such as inheritance, the links between inequality and macro-economics and finance, and the distributional implications of climate change. They also update empirical advances and major changes in the policy environment.

Part I: Concepts and approaches
1. Income distribution in the history of economic thought
Agnar Sandmo
2. Inequality, income and well-being
Marc Fleurbaey, Erik Schokkaert and Koen Decancq
3. Multi-dimensional inequality and poverty
Andrea Brandolini and Rolf Aaberge
4. Equality of opportunity
John E. Roemer and Alain Trannoy
5. Polarization
Jean-Yves Duclos
6. Statistical methods for distributional analysis
Frank Cowell and Emmanuel Flachaire
Part II Evidence
7. Long-run trends in the distribution of income and wealth
Daniel Waldenstrom and Jesper Roine
8. Post-1970 trends in within-country inequality and poverty
Timothy Michael Smeeding, Jeffrey Thompson and Salvatore Morelli
9. Post-1970 trends in inequality and poverty in developing and emerging countries
Facundo Alvaredo and Leonardo Gasparini
10. Income mobility
Markus Jantti and Stephen Jenkins
11. The Global distribution of income
Sudhir Anand and Paul Segal
12. Gender inequality
Dominique Meurs and Sophie Ponthieux
13. Experimental and survey evidence about attitudes to inequality
Andrew Clark and Conchita d'Ambrosio