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The recent surge in inflation, driven by spectacular increases in energy prices, has driven sharp falls in household living standards, huge government intervention to try to mitigate it, and serious policy headaches. As such it continues to be the backdrop behind many of the most pressing issues...
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This chapter investigates the relationship between immigration and inequality in the UK over the past 40 years. This is a period when the share of foreign-born in the UK population increased from 5.3% in 1975 to 13.4% in 2015. We evaluate the impact immigration had on wage inequality in the UK...
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In recent years, policymakers across the globe have become increasingly interested in not only the revenue consequences of tax policies but also their distributional impacts: that is, their impacts on different segments of the population. Such evidence can promote a more equitable and...
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This volume of Research on Economic Inequality contains research on how we measure poverty, inequality and welfare and … focus on the uneven impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty and welfare. Opening with debates on theoretical issues that … lie at the forefront of the measurement of inequality and poverty literature, the first two chapters go on to propose new …
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risen, the country’s record in terms of generating quality employment and reducing poverty and inequality has been …
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