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The income distribution in the UK: A picture of advantage and disadvantage
This chapter describes the UK income distribution and how it has evolved over the last 50 years. It also includes some comparisons with the income distributions of other rich countries. Multiple perspectives on the distribution are provided: there is evidence about real income levels and inequality, and the prevalence of affluence and of poverty.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2015-01
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- Subject
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inequality
poverty
affluence
income distribution
United Kingdom
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Jenkins, Stephen P.
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
- (where)
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Colchester
- (when)
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2015
- Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Jenkins, Stephen P.
- University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Time of origin
- 2015
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