John Hills, Francesca Bastagli, Frank Cowell

Wealth in the UK: Distribution, Accumulation, and Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the gaps in wealth between the wealthy and the rest of the population, and at how they have changed over time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR (UK)
• New
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780199678303
• ISBN-10: 0199678308
• Artikelnr.: 36948849

Autorenporträt

John Hills, Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics;Francesca Bastagli, Research Fellow, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics;Frank Cowell, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics;Howard Glennerster, Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics;Eleni Karagiannaki, Research Officer, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE;Abigail McKnight, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: WEALTH AND DISTRIBUTION
1 John Hills: Introduction
2 John Hills and Francesca Bastagli: Trends in the distribution of wealth in Britain
3 Frank Cowell: UK wealth inequality in international context
PART II: PERSONAL WEALTH ACCUMULATION AND ITS IMPACTS
4 Francesca Bastagli and John Hills: Wealth accumulation, ageing and house prices
5 Eleni Karagiannaki and John Hills: Inheritance, transfers and the distribution of wealth
6 Abigail McKnight and Eleni Karagiannaki: The wealth effect: How parental wealth and own asset-holdings predict future advantage
PART III: WEALTH AND POLICY
7 Howard Glennerster: Differing public policy traditions
8 John Hills and Howard Glennerster: Public policy, wealth and assets: A complex and inconsistent story
9 John Hills and Howard Glennerster: Wealth and policy: where do we go from here?