This page collects all of the contributions to the evidence volume of the IFS Deaton Review. This expert evidence will inform the Review panel as they consider the conclusions of the review. Any errors and all views expressed in these pieces are those of the authors. Views do not necessarily reflect those of the IFS Deaton Review panel.
What’s wrong with inequality?
Chapter: What is wrong with inequality? by Debra Satz and Stuart White
Commentary: How inequality undermines institutions by Eric Posner
Commentary: Unjust inequalities: Is maximin the answer? by Philippe Van Parijs
Commentary: Relational equality, mutual benefit and social insurance by Robert Sugden
Attitudes to inequality
Chapter: Attitudes to inequalities by Rebecca Benson, Bobby Duffy, Rachel Hesketh and Kirstie Hewlett
Article: Attitudes to inequality: preferences and beliefs by Ingvild Almås, Alexander W. Cappelen, Erik Øiolf Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden
Article: Perceptions and preferences for redistribution by Stefanie Stantcheva
Report: Public perceptions of inequality in the UK: findings from quantitative research
Report: Public perceptions of inequality in the UK: findings from qualitative research
Trends in economic inequality
Chapter: Trends in income and wealth inequalities by Pascale Bourquin, Mike Brewer and Tom Wernham
Commentary: Income inequality and income poverty in a cross-national perspective by Janet Gornick
Commentary: Getting the measure of inequality by Stephen Jenkins
Commentary: Twenty-five years of income inequality in Britain: the role of wages, household earnings and redistribution by Jonathan Cribb, Robert Joyce and Thomas Wernham
Commentary: Sociological measures of inequality by Paul Lambert
History of inequality
Chapter: Technical change, globalisation and the labour market: British and American experience since 1620 by Bob Allen
Commentary: The history of inequality: the deep-acting ideological and institutional influences by Simon Szreter
Commentary: Beyond technology and wages: power and the history of inequality by Walter Scheidel
Political inequality
Chapter: Political inequality by Ben Ansell and Jane Gingrich
Commentary: Political inequality: reasons for optimism? by Julia Cage
Commentary: Relational inequality in a (deeply) educationally polarised society: feasible strategies in the longer term by Andrew McNeil and David Soskice
Article: Political Equality: What is it and why does it matter? by Pablo Beramendi, Tim Besley and Margaret Levi
Gender
Chapter: Women and men at work by Alison Andrew, Oriana Bandiera, Monica Costa Dias and Camille Landais
Commentary: Gender revolution, evolution or neverlution? by Lynn Prince Cooke
Commentary: Gendered economic inequalities: a social policy perspective by Fran Bennett
Article: The other side of the mountain: women’s employment and earnings over the family cycle by Claudia Goldin, Sari Pekkala Kerr and Claudia Olivetti
Commentary: Gender, immigration and ethnicity by Alita Nandi and Lucinda Platt
Race
Chapter: Race and ethnicity by Heidi Mirza and Ross Warwick
Commentary: Race/ethnic inequalities in health: moving beyond confusion to focus on fundamental causes by James Nazroo
Commentary: What does sociological research tell us about ethnic inequalities in European labour markets? by Frank van Tubergen
Commentary: Ethnic and racial inequality in the UK: a comment from a German perspective by Claudia Diehl
Immigration
Chapter: Inequality and immigration by Christian Dustmann , Ian Preston and Yannis Kastis
Commentary: What does sociological research tell us about ethnic inequalities in European labour markets? by Frank van Tubergen
Commentary: Immigration and inequality: the role of politics and policies by Dominik Hangartner and Judith Spirig.
Health
Chapter: Health Inequalities by Anne Case and Lucy Kraftman
Commentary: The contribution of adult experiences, multimorbidity and positive psychological well-being to social inequalities in health by Daisy Fancourt and Andrew Steptoe
Commentary: Socio-economic inequality in the distribution of healthcare in the UK by Carol Propper
Commentary: Health and inequality by Janet Currie
Commentary: Race/ethnic inequalities in health: moving beyond confusion to focus on fundamental causes by James Nazroo
Commentary: Inequalities in disability by James Banks, Heidi Karjalainen and Tom Waters
Geography
Chapter: Spatial disparities across labour markets by Henry Overman and Xiaowei Xu
Commentary: Place-based policies and geographical inequalities by Enrico Moretti
Commentary: Geographies of socio-economic inequality by Maarten van Ham, David Manley and Tiit Tammaru
Commentary: Levelling-up economics by Philip McCann
Article: Communities, places and inequality: a reflection by Ash Amin
Families
Chapter: Families and inequalities by Kathleen Kiernan, Sam Crossman and Angus Phimister
Commentary: How families matter for understanding economic inequality by Cezar Santos and Michele Tertilt
Commentary: Intergenerational mobility in the UK by Laura van der Erve, Sonya Krutikova, Lindsey Macmillan and David Sturrock
Early childhood
Chapter: Early childhood inequalities by Sarah Cattan, Emla Fitzsimons, Alissa Goodman, Angus Phimister, George Ploubidis and Jasmin Wertz
Commentary: Individuals as active co-creators of their environments: implications for prevention of inequalities by Essi Viding and Eamon McCrory
Commentary: The role of parenting in child development by Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilbotti
Commentary: Early childhood inequalities: the rocky path from observation to action by Sophie von Stumm
Education
Chapter: Education Inequalities by Christine Farquharson, Sandra McNally and Imran Tahir
Commentary: Measuring and understanding contemporary English educational inequalities by Diane Reay
Commentary: Private schools and inequality by Francis Green
Commentary: The stubborn persistence of educational inequality by Richard Breen
Commentary: Inequality in English post-16 education by Simon Field
The labour market
Chapter: Labour market inequality by Giulia Giupponi and Steve Machin
Commentary: Labour market inequality: a comparative political economy perspective by David R. Howell and Arne L. Kalleberg
Commentary: Inequalities in the French labour market: a mixed picture by Pierre Cahuc
Commentary: Monopsony in local labour markets by Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo
Article: A task-based approach to inequality by Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo
Commentary: Public policy and labour market competition by Orley Ashenfelter
Firms
Chapter: Firms and inequality by Jan De Loecker, Tim Obermeier and John Van Reenen
Commentary: Market power and labour market inequality by Jan Eeckhout
Commentary: Competition and the industrial challenge for the digital age? by Jean Tirole
Commentary: The inclusive entrepreneurial state: collective wealth creation and distribution by Mariana Mazzucato
Commentary: Inequality, firms, ownership and governance by Colin Mayer
Commentary: Innovation and inequalities by Philippe Aghion and Rachel Griffith
Trade and globalisation
Chapter: Trade and inequality in Europe and the US by David Dorn and Peter Levell
Commentary: A primer on trade and inequality by Dani Rodrik
Commentary: Trade and price-index inequality by David Atkin
Top income inequality and tax policy
Chapter: Top income inequality and tax policy by Isaac Delestre, Wojciech Kopczuk, Helen Miller and Kate Smith
Commentary: Top incomes and tax policy by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman
Commentary: Measuring and taxing top incomes and wealth by Arun Advani and Andy Summers
Commentary: Discussion of top incomes and tax policy by Owen Zidar
Benefits and public services
Chapter: Benefits and tax credits by Hilary Hoynes, Robert Joyce and Tom Waters
Commentary: Why has the UK’s social security system become so means-tested? by Nicholas Timmins
Commentary: Living at the sharp end of socio-economic inequality: everyday experiences of poverty and social security receipt by Ruth Patrick
Commentary: Transfers, taxes, and tax credits for those on low incomes: beyond Mirrlees by Robert Moffitt
Commentary: The German transfer system for the working-age population: design, changes and consequences by Jan Brülle and Markus Gangl
Commentary: The Welfare State and Inequality: were the UK reforms of the 1940s a success? by Nicholas Crafts
Commentary: The distribution of public service spending by Kate Ogden and David Phillips