<p>This article describes the changing patterns in income inequality and real living standards over the last 30 years. Whilst it is well documented that inequality has been rising since 1979, there is rather less information on how the pattern of inequality changed in the period up to 1979. This study is based on an analysis of detailed information on the incomes and characteristics of around 200,000 households between 1961 and 1991, and provides for the first time ever a consistent description of trends in household incomes over such a long period.</p>
Authors
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.
Steven Webb
Journal article details
- ISSN
- Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
- Issue
- November 1994
Suggested citation
Goodman, A and Webb, S. (1994). 'For richer, for poorer: the changing distribution of income in the United Kingdom, 1961-91' (1994)
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