Elite occupations are characterised by the magnitude of income accumulation which has been particularly exacerbated in …

The share of women in the top 1% of the UK's income distribution has been growing over the last two decades (as in … their greater increases (relative to men) in the number of years spent in full-time education. Although most top income …

distribution and poverty indices that are sensitive to the distribution of income among the poor. …

Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from … the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries … income inequality and government size, measured as the government expenditure share in GDP. Using a novel instrument - the …

Longitudinal Monitoring Surveys over the past two decades spanning this transition. We find rising income levels and decreasing … staying in the formal sector is statistically significantly associated with reduced downward mobility and increased income … growth. However, a similar transition from the private sector to the public sector is negatively associated with income …

over a quarter and disposable income by more than 40%, while the unemployment rate exceeded 27%. The paper explores the … increases are larger when the indices used are relatively more sensitive to changes close to the bottom of the income … distribution. Unlike claims often made in the public discourse, the elderly improved their relative position in the income …

judgements implicit in tax and transfer policy provides a fresh perspective on the evolution of income inequality and …