New inequalities : the changing distribution of income and wealth in the United Kingdom

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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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