New Inequalities: The Changing Distribution of Income and Wealth in the United Kingdom - Brossura

Hills, John

 
9780521556989: New Inequalities: The Changing Distribution of Income and Wealth in the United Kingdom
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0521556988 ISBN 13: 9780521556989
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Sinossi

In this book, first published in 1996, leading specialists examine wealth distribution developments.

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Descrizione del libro

The rich-poor gap is widening faster in Britain than any comparable country. This book, first published in 1996, examines wealth distribution developments. Leading specialists tackle the issue from a variety of perspectives. This book will interest economists, policy makers and those dealing with effects of inequality.

Contenuti

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: after the turning point John Hills; Part I. Income Distribution: 2. Seeking to explain the distribution of income A. B. Atkinson; 3. The changing shape of the UK income distribution: kernel density estimates Frank A. Cowell, Stephen P. Jenkins and Julie A Litchfield; 4. UK household cost-of-living indices, 1979–92 Ian Crawford; 5. Cost-of-living differences between the regions of the United Kingdom Vani K. Borooah, Patrick P. L. McGregor, Patricia M. McKee and Gwyneth E. Mulholland; Part II. Components of Income: 6. What has happened to the wages of men since 1966? Amanda Gosling, Stephen Machin and Costas Meghir; 7. Women's pay and family incomes in Britain, 1979–91 Susan Harkness, Stephen Machin and Jane Waldfogel; 8. More work in fewer households? Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth; 9. Self-employment and the distribution of incomes Nigel Meager, Gill Court and Janet Moralee; 10. Fairer or Fowler? The effects of the 1986 Social Security Act on family incomes Martin Evans; Part III. Spatial Aspects: 11. Aspects of the changing geography of poverty and wealth Anne E. Green; 12. Two nations? Changing patterns of income and wealth in two contrasting areas Michael Noble and George Smith; Part IV. Income and Wealth: 13. Patterns of financial wealth-holding in the United Kingdom James Banks, Andrew Dilnot and Hamish Low; 14. Home-ownership, housing wealth and wealth distribution in Britain Chris Hamnett and Jenny Seavers; Bibliography; Index.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521556988
ISBN 13 
9780521556989
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
424
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780521553261: New Inequalities: The Changing Distribution of Income and Wealth in the United Kingdom

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521553261 ISBN 13:  9780521553261
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1996
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