This presentation to the Royal Society of Edinburgh provides an early preview of upcoming work on labour market trends and inequalities in Scotland.
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This presentation, delivered by IFS researchers David Phillips and Tom Wernham at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, provides an early preview of upcoming work on labour market trends and inequalities in Scotland, looking both across households and local authority areas in Scotland. It discusses the implications for policy, and looks in particular at devolved tax and benefit policy.
Authors
Associate Director
David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.
Research Economist
Tom is a Research Economist in the Income, Work and Welfare sector, having joined the IFS in 2020.
Associate Director
Tom is an Associate Director at the IFS and Head of the Income, Work and Welfare sector.
Presentation details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2023.0011
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
D, Phillips and T, Waters and T, Wernham. (2023). 'Earnings and income inequality in Scotland' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/earnings-and-income-inequality-scotland (accessed: 28 April 2024).
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