New inequalities : the changing distribution of income and wealth in the United Kingdom /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996. |
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| Description: | xxv, 394 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2416750 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: after the turning point
- Part I. Income Distribution
- 2. Seeking to explain the distribution of income
- 3. The changing shape of the UK income distribution: kernel density estimates
- 4. UK household cost-of-living indices, 1979-92
- 5. Cost-of-living differences between the regions of the United Kingdom
- Part II. Components of Income
- 6. What has happened to the wages of men since 1966? Amanda Gosling
- 7. Women's pay and family incomes in Britain, 1979-91
- 8. More work in fewer households?
- 9. Self-employment and the distribution of incomes
- 10. Fairer or Fowler? The effects of the 1986 Social Security Act on family incomes Martin Evans
- Part III. Spatial Aspects
- 11. Aspects of the changing geography of poverty and wealth
- 12. Two nations? Changing patterns of income and wealth in two contrasting areas
- Part IV. Income and Wealth
- 13. Patterns of financial wealth-holding in the United Kingdom
- 14. Home-ownership, housing wealth and wealth distribution in Britain
- Bibliography
- Index