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This report provides, for the first time ever, a consistently defined picture of living standards in the UK over the last three decades. Looking in detail at patterns in income inequality, and at the changing fortunes of the richest and the poorest, this report puts the trends of the 1980s into the context of 30 years.
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.1994.0042
- ISBN
- 978-1-873357-37-8
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Goodman, A and Webb, S. (1994). For richer, for poorer: the changing distribution of income in the United Kingdom, 1961-91. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/richer-poorer-changing-distribution-income-united-kingdom-1961-91 (accessed: 28 March 2024).
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