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This Briefing Note will provide a brief analysis of changes to income inequality since the Labour government came to power in 1997.1 The most recent data from 2001-02 show that there has been little change in income inequality since 2000-01. An implication of this is that there has been little impact upon the slight upward trend in inequality that has been experienced over Labours term in government.
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Research Associate University of Pennsylvania
Andrew is a Research Associate at the IFS and an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
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- DOI
- 10.1920/bn.ifs.2003.0033
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Shephard, A. (2003). Inequality under the Labour government. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/inequality-under-labour-government (accessed: 25 April 2024).
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