Income inequality in the UK: comparisons with five large Western European countries and the USA

This paper concentrates on the 1% richest households in the UK in a comparison with the other four large Western European countries: Germany, France, Italy and Spain. In the European context the UK is an outlier of extreme inequality. Individual level tax data has shown this previously, but earlier...

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Main Author: Dorling, D
Format: Journal article
Published: Elsevier 2015
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description This paper concentrates on the 1% richest households in the UK in a comparison with the other four large Western European countries: Germany, France, Italy and Spain. In the European context the UK is an outlier of extreme inequality. Individual level tax data has shown this previously, but earlier research did not make comparisons at the household level, or in as much detail as it is now possible to show now given new survey findings.
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Income inequality in the UK: comparisons with five large Western European countries and the USA
title Income inequality in the UK: comparisons with five large Western European countries and the USA
title_full Income inequality in the UK: comparisons with five large Western European countries and the USA
title_fullStr Income inequality in the UK: comparisons with five large Western European countries and the USA
title_full_unstemmed Income inequality in the UK: comparisons with five large Western European countries and the USA
title_short Income inequality in the UK: comparisons with five large Western European countries and the USA
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