Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-08-28
Erik Thorbecke of Cornell University reviews “Income Distribution” by Fred Campano, Dominick Salvatore,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Introductory text, intended for advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students but also useful for professional economists and policymakers, provides a systematic overview of income distribution. Discusses the income concept; the income density function; goodness of fit; alternative income density models; income distribution summary measures; income inequality; poverty; country comparisons; economic development and income distribution; growth and poverty in a globalizing world; redistribution of income; and integrating macroeconomic models with income distribution models. Campano is Clinical Associate Professor of Economics, and Salvatore is Distinguished Professor of Economics, at Fordham University. Name and subject indexes.”