Journal Article

Consumption, income and earnings inequality in Britain

By Richard Blundell and Ben Etheridge

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Publication date
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Review of Economic Dynamics
Volume
13 (1):76-102
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2009.10.004

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the trends in inequality across income, earnings and consumption in Britain since 1978. It documents the episodic nature of inequality growth over this period largely dominated by the inequality ‘boom’ in earnings inequality of the 1980s. It builds a consistent picture across these key measures of inequality to provide a coherent link between the microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis of the evolution of inequality.

Notes

Previously 'In press, accepted manuscript' Oct. 2009

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