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" New inequalities : "
edited by John Hills.
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BL
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971723
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b726093
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| Title & Author
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New inequalities : : the changing distribution of income and wealth in the United Kingdom /\ edited by John Hills.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York, NY, USA :: Cambridge University Press,, 1996.
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xxv, 394 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 23 cm
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0521553261
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: 0521556988
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: 9780521553261
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: 9780521556989
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-387) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: After the Turning Point / John Hills -- Seeking to Explain the Distribution of Income / A.B. Atkinson -- The Changing Shape of the UK Income Distribution: Kernel Density Estimates / Frank A. Cowell, Stephen P. Jenkins and Julie A. Litchfield -- UK Household Cost-of-Living Indices, 1979-92 / Ian Crawford -- Cost-of-Living Differences Between the Regions of the United Kingdom / Vani K. Borooah, Patrick P.L. McGregor, Patricia M. McKee and Gwyneth E. Mulholland -- What Has Happened to the Wages of Men Since 1966? / Amanda Gosling, Stephen Machin and Costas Meghir -- Women's Pay and Family Incomes in Britain, 1979-91 / Susan Harkness, Stephen Machin and Jane Waldfogel -- More Work in Few Households? / Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth -- Self-Employment and the Distribution of Income / Nigel Meager, Gill Court and Janet Moralee -- Fairer or Fowler? The Effects of the 1986 Social Security Act on Family Incomes / Martin Evans -- Aspects of the Changing Geopgraphy of Poverty and Wealth / Anne E. Green -- Two nations? Changing Patterns of Income and Wealth in Two Contrasting Areas / Michael Noble and George Smith -- Patterns of Financial Wealth-Holding in the United Kingdom / James Banks, Andrew Dilnot and Hamish Low -- Home-Ownership, Housing Wealth and Wealth Distribution in Britain / Chris Hamnett and Jenny Seavers.
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| Abstract
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The gap between rich and poor in Britain is widening faster than in any comparable country. This work offers an economic investigation of the reasons for such inequity. Income distribution, rising female employment, social security reform and geographical factors are among those examined.
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Income distribution-- Great Britain.
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Income-- Great Britain.
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Wealth-- Great Britain.
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Income distribution.
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Income.
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Wealth.
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Einkommensverteilung.
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Einkommensverteilung.
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Lebenshaltungskosten.
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Lebenshaltungskosten.
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Regionale Disparität.
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Regionale Disparität.
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Wohlstand.
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Wohlstand.
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Inkomensverdeling.
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Great Britain.
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Großbritannien.
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Großbritannien.
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| Dewey Classification
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339.2/2/0941
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HC260.I5N49 1996
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339.2
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83.14bcl
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QI 200rvk
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QV 350rvk
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QX 200rvk
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| Added Entry
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Hills, John,1954-
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