Much of the dramatic change in skill and wage structure observed in recent years in the United States is believed to stem from the impact of new technology.

Perceptions of private benefits from hypothecated tax increases may be correlated with income either because individuals with different incomes are more or less interested in public services or because they anticipate bearing different shares of the implied tax burden.

The question of how inequality is generated and how it reproduces over time has been a major concern for social scientists for more than a century.

The paper estimates the returns to education for a cohort of individuals born in Britain in March 1958 who have been followed since birth until

Recent studies have explored the possibility that limited participation in asset markets,

In this paper we argue that only when one uses data and arguments relating to the life-time experiences of individuals or households within an economy can one understand recent trends and patterns in saving rates.

This paper uses microeconomic data from the UK Family Expenditure Surveys (FES) and the General Household Surveys (GHS) to describe and explain changes in the distribution of male wages.

We investigate the finite sample performance of a Lagrange Multiplier specification test for competing-risks duration models developed by Pudney and Thomas (1995).

In this paper we show how estimates of aggregate spending in the UK would be affected by using grossing weights that take account of the known dimensions of non-representativeness of the Family Expenditure Survey.