The current cost of living is pushing more people into poverty, with almost 68% of low income...
Inequality
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15/11/2013
Wealthy Scots see fastest income growth
Scotland’s top one per cent of income earners – about 25,000 people – have increased their wages and total income at a greater rate than the rest of the nation’s workers in the past decade, according to a new report by a team at Stirling University.
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25/09/2013
Rising income inequality in Germany
Worsening income inequality in Germany in recent decades is the result of a combination of factors that includes less effective state redistribution mechanisms, according to a paper from academics in Düsseldorf.
The paper examines the main drivers of the rise in income inequality observed over the period 1991–2010.
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16/09/2013
How to boost the wage share
There has been much debate on the merits of tackling inequality by prioritising ‘pre-distribution` - of attempting to achieve a more equal distribution of the cake before turning to ‘redistribution’ through tax and benefits. Stewart Lansley examines the possible impact of a number of measures on wage levels and the wage share.
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22/08/2013
Redistribution impact – income definition ‘key’
The redistributive effect of tax and benefit systems depends heavily on the way in which income is defined, says a new working paper from the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
The paper examines how the distribution of income in three European countries (the UK, Belgium and Greece) changes when the standard definition of disposable income is replaced by a wider definition. The latter takes into account three 'I's – indirect taxes, imputed rent on owner-occupied housing, and in-kind benefits.
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10/07/2013
Income inequality ‘lowest since 1986’
Income inequality in 2011-12 was at its lowest point since 1986, according to the Office for National Statistics. In its latest annual report on the impact of tax and benefits, it calculates that the Gini coefficient for disposable income in 2011-12 was 32.3 per cent, a fall from its 2010-11 value of 33.7 per cent.
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30/06/2013
Global crash ‘widened UK inequality’
The global economic crash of 2007 resulted in widening income inequalities in the UK during the years that immediately followed it, according to a new study from the London School of Economics.
The study forms part of the 'Social Policy in a Cold Climate' research project charting developments in a wide range of social issues since 2007.
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30/06/2013
Poverty and inequality in London worsen in 2000s
Poverty and inequality in London worsened during the course of the 2000s, particularly during the global recession from 2008 onwards, according to a new report from the London School of Economics.
The study forms part of the 'Social Policy in a Cold Climate' research project charting developments in a wide range of social issues since 2007.Category: Reports -
29/06/2013
Labour’s record on poverty and inequality
The last Labour government made 'considerable' progress on its chosen objectives of reducing child and pensioner poverty, but had little impact on overall inequality, according to a major study of its time in office (1997–2010).
The 'Social Policy in a Cold Climate' project, being carried out at the London School of Economics, aims to chart developments on a wide range of social issues since 2007 – eventually allowing a detailed comparison between the Labour and coalition governments. A new report from the project summarises five separate studies of the Labour period, including one focusing on poverty and inequality.
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19/06/2013
Tackling poverty in Scotland
The existing economic model traps too many people in Scotland in a cycle of economic hardship, argues a new report from Oxfam. Allocating resources in a more effective and sustainable way could help to tackle poverty and inequality, it says, and deliver lasting social change.
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15/06/2013
Portrait of inequality in USA
Inequality in the United States is greater today than at almost any time in the last century, according to a new report. It points out that gaps in income and wealth also run deeper in the USA than those in virtually any other democratic and developed economy. The report sketches recent trends, and sets out radical policy solutions.
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