The first half of the report sheds some new light on the following questions with a detailed and consistent comparison of income distributions in Western Germany and the UK from 1984 to 1992. To what extent was the income distribution in Western Germany similar to the UK in 1984? Did the inequality of West German incomes rise to the same extent? What was the differing role of the labour market, the tax and benefit system and demographic change in each country? The second half of the report concentrates on whether and how education, training and wage setting systems together with other institutional factors in Western Germany can explain the differences relative to the more deregulated UK labour market.
Authors
Amanda Gosling
Christopher Giles
International Research Fellow ZEW, Mannheim
Francois is a Professor at ZEW Manheim and is also an International Fellow of IFS. His research interests include labour markets and social policy.
Thorsten Geib
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/re.ifs.1998.0058
- ISBN
- 978-1-873357-80-4
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Geib, T et al. (1998). The distribution of income and wages in the UK and West Germany 1984-1992. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/distribution-income-and-wages-uk-and-west-germany-1984-1992 (accessed: 4 May 2024).
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