John Hills (ed.)

New Inequalities

The Changing Distribution of Income and Wealth in the UK
Herausgeber: Hills, John

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since the late 1970s, the gap between the rich and poor in Britain has widened considerably. It is now recognised that the growth of inequality in the United Kingdom has been faster than that of any comparable industrial country. This is obviously an important issue, and one which after a long period of neglect is attracting increasing attention. Economists and others concerned with social problems linked with rising inequality are making efforts to understand the factors which have contributed to the current situation. Based on the results of the first major research programme in this area since the Royal Commission of the 1970s, this book examines income and wealth distribution in the United Kingdom over the last two decades. The country's leading specialists in the area tackle the problem from a wide variety of perspectives. Contributions include: the analysis of income distribution; the effects of greater female participation in the labour force; social security reform; and geographical variation at the national and local scale. Understanding the complexity of these, and other, factors is crucial to designing policies which can begin to cope with income inequalities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 761g
• ISBN-13: 9780521553261
• ISBN-10: 0521553261
• Artikelnr.: 22467995

Inhaltsangabe

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.