This report introduces the IFS Deaton Review, setting out some key background facts, questions and puzzles that will be addressed over the next five years.
Family structures and environments may have profound effects on inequalities, not least by helping to shape the opportunities and outcomes of the next generation.In the US,...
The relationship between migration and inequality has many aspects to it. In popular and political discourse, the issue discussed most frequently is whether an inflow of...
We know that some workers earn far more than others. The latest data show that, in the UK in 2018, the lowest-wage 10% of employees earned no more than £7.95 per hour, while...
Greater openness to international trade has had significant impacts on the UK and other advanced economies. The role that this greater openness has played in rising inequality,...
We live at a time of astonishing inequality. Inequalities in income and wealth, as well as those that characterise health and education, have become flashpoints for public...
The UK needs to “change the rules” to avoid the damaging extremes of inequality seen in the US, according to Angus Deaton, the Nobel prize-winning economist.
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