SUMMARYThis article looks at how taxes and benefits affect the income of households in the UK. It provides estimates of household incomes, including the average amount of taxes that households paid, and also the value of benefits that they received in 2008/09, a period when the UK economy was in...

Presents updated analysis, using latest figures from public sector organisations for Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UKThis article presents updated analysis of public sector employment by region, with time series since 1999. The article uses the latest figures from public sector...

Examines the reasons for the gender pay gap in the labour market by using data from ASHEThis article examines the reasons for the gender pay gap in the UK labour market by using data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE). Panel data for 1998 to 2006 is used to allow individuals to...