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Inequality in the UK

  • Alissa Goodman
  • Paul Johnson
  • Steven Webb

Published on 1 January 1997

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Alissa Goodman
Alissa Goodman

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.

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson

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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.

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A, Goodman and P, Johnson and S, Webb. (1997). Inequality in the UK. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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