Accounting for Changes in Income Inequality: Decomposition Analyses for the UK, 1978–2008
Mike Brewer
(1)
,
Liam Wren-Lewis
(2, 3)
Liam Wren-Lewis
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Résumé
We analyse income inequality in the UK from 1978 to 2009 in order to understand why income inequality rose very rapidly from 1978 to 1991 but then remained broadly unchanged. We find that inequality in earnings among employees has risen fairly steadily since 1978, but other factors that caused income inequality to rise before 1991 have since gone into reverse. Inequality in investment and pension income has fallen since 1991, as has inequality between those with and without employment. Furthermore, certain household types – notably the elderly and those with young children – which had relatively low incomes in the period to 1991 have seen their incomes converge with others.
Domaines
Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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Accounting for Changes in Income Inequality: Decomposition Analyses for the UK, 1978–2008
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Résumé |
en
We analyse income inequality in the UK from 1978 to 2009 in order to understand why income inequality rose very rapidly from 1978 to 1991 but then remained broadly unchanged. We find that inequality in earnings among employees has risen fairly steadily since 1978, but other factors that caused income inequality to rise before 1991 have since gone into reverse. Inequality in investment and pension income has fallen since 1991, as has inequality between those with and without employment. Furthermore, certain household types – notably the elderly and those with young children – which had relatively low incomes in the period to 1991 have seen their incomes converge with others.
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Auteur(s) |
Mike Brewer
1
, Liam Wren-Lewis
2, 3
1
University of Essex
( 17641 )
- Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ
- Royaume-Uni
2
PSE -
Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 139754 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Sous-type de document pour les Articles |
Research article
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Date de publication |
2016-06
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Page/Identifiant |
289–322
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Numéro |
3
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Volume |
78
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Audience |
Internationale
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Domaine(s) |
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Financement |
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Indexation contrôlée |
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Mots-clés |
en
Income Inequality
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DOI | 10.1111/obes.12113 |
ProdINRA | 320441 |
UT key WOS | 000374969200001 |
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