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.

Director
Paul has been the Director of the IFS since 2011. He is also currently visiting professor in the Department of Economics at University College London.

Steven Webb
Book details
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
Suggested citation
A, Goodman and P, Johnson and S, Webb. (1997). Inequality in the UK. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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