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Much of the debate over inequality in the UK has focused on household incomes. This study provides details of trends in household spending levels. It finds that the inequality of household expenditures has risen much more slowly over the 1980s than the inequality of household incomes.
Authors
Research Fellow University College London
Alissa is an IFS Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.
Steven Webb
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/co.ifs.1995.0049
- ISBN
- 978-1-873357-46-0
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Goodman, A and Webb, S. (1995). The distribution of UK household expenditure, 1979-92. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/distribution-uk-household-expenditure-1979-92 (accessed: 28 March 2024).
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