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Recent Trends in the UK Income Distribution: What Happened and Why?

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The UK income distribution changed its shape dramatically during the 1980s. This paper documents the trends and analyses their causes. Copyright 1996 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Jenkins, Stephen P, 1996. "Recent Trends in the UK Income Distribution: What Happened and Why?," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 12(1), pages 29-46, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxford:v:12:y:1996:i:1:p:29-46
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