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The evolution of labour market and disposable income inequalities over recent decades in high-income countries has generated intense interest in academia and the wider public. The extent to which there have been common trends, or diverging experiences, across a broad range of different countries, remains relatively understudied. The papers in this two-part special issue seek to provide the bases for consistent comparisons across 17 North American and European countries. In this Introduction we provide background for the cross-country project, which has been conducted in parallel to the wider IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities. In addition, we provide brief summaries of key trends and findings in the four English-speaking countries and four Nordic countries, as well as a companion paper on gender pay gaps across all 17 countries.
Authors
![James Banks](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/James_Banks.jpg?itok=EvmV7fKj)
CPP Co-Director
James is Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at Manchester, working on broad issues in the economics of retirement, savings and health.
![Richard Blundell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2024-03/Richard%20Blundell%20Head.jpg?itok=ow7e9OkA)
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
![Antoine Bozio](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-07/Antoine%20Bozio_0.png?itok=W_wkEp1W)
Research Fellow Paris School of Economics
Antoine is a Research Fellow, an Associate Professor at the EHESS, and Director of the Institut des Politiques Publiques (IPP) in Paris.
![Jonathan Cribb](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2023-11/Jonathan%20Cribb.jpg?itok=8LgmPwOc)
Associate Director
Jonathan is an Associate Director and Head of Retirement, Savings and Ageing sector, focusing on pensions, savings and later-life economic activity.
![James P. Ziliak](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/James_Ziliak.jpg?itok=G4Vh6ZAm)
Research Fellow University of Kentucky
James is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Professor of Economics at University of Kentucky.
October to November 2024
David Green
Journal article details
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.12379
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Issue
- Volume 45, Issue 2, June 2024, pages 111-117
Suggested citation
Banks, J et al. (2024). 'Changing labour market and income inequalities in Europe and North America: a parallel project to the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities in the 21st century' Fiscal Studies, 45(2/2024), pp.111–117.
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