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For Richer, For Poorer: The Changing Distribution of Income in the UK, 1961–91

For Richer, For Poorer: The Changing Distribution of Income in the UK, 1961–91 I. INTRODUCTION This article describes the changing patterns in income inequality and real living standards over the last 30 years. Whilst it is well documented that inequality has been rising since 1979,' there is rather less information on how the pattern of inequality changed in the period up to 1979. This study is based on an analysis of detailed information on the incomes and characteristics of around 200,000 households between 1961and 1991, and provides for the first time ever a consistent description of trends in household incomes over such a long period. This study uses a measure of income as a proxy for living standards. This contrasts with other approaches which use measures of expenditure levels or actual consumption of goods and services to capture living standards. Whilst income is Alissa Goodman is a Research Officer and Steven Webb is a Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. This article is a summary of Goodman and Webb (1994). to which the reader is referred for a more detailed discussion of the issues. The authors are grateful to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation for supporting this project as part of its Programine of Work on lncome and Wealth. to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Fiscal Studies Wiley

For Richer, For Poorer: The Changing Distribution of Income in the UK, 1961–91

GOODMAN, ALISSA; WEBB, STEVEN
Fiscal Studies , Volume 15 (4) – Nov 1, 1994
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Copyright © 1994 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0143-5671
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1475-5890
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10.1111/j.1475-5890.1994.tb00209.x
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I. INTRODUCTION This article describes the changing patterns in income inequality and real living standards over the last 30 years. Whilst it is well documented that inequality has been rising since 1979,' there is rather less information on how the pattern of inequality changed in the period up to 1979. This study is based on an analysis of detailed information on the incomes and characteristics of around 200,000 households between 1961and 1991, and provides for the first time ever a consistent description of trends in household incomes over such a long period. This study uses a measure of income as a proxy for living standards. This contrasts with other approaches which use measures of expenditure levels or actual consumption of goods and services to capture living standards. Whilst income is Alissa Goodman is a Research Officer and Steven Webb is a Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. This article is a summary of Goodman and Webb (1994). to which the reader is referred for a more detailed discussion of the issues. The authors are grateful to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation for supporting this project as part of its Programine of Work on lncome and Wealth. to

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Published: Nov 1, 1994

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