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WEALTH IN THE UK
DISTRIBUTION, ACCUMULATION, AND POLICY |
| By: |
John Hills, Francesca Bastagli, Frank Cowell |
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Paperback |
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£36.49 |
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£35.40 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198729405 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198729402 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
This book looks at the gaps in wealth between the wealthy and the rest of the population, and at how they have changed over time. |
| Synopsis: |
This book examines key issues connected with the distribution of personal wealth in the UK. It studies why wealth is now such an important factor in social differences and public policy. It presents the most recent information on current wealth inequalities and a detailed discussion of trends in the distribution of wealth. It uses newly available data to compare wealth inequalities in the UK with the USA, Canada, and Sweden. It uses longitudinal data, which track the same people over time, to examine trajectories in wealth accumulation over the decade to 2005 and inequalities in inheritances over the same period. It looks at how parental wealth levels and people's asset-holdings early in adulthood affect outcomes later in their lives. The final part looks at the way in which policies towards wealth-holding developed historically, and the contradictory ways in which a wide range of public policies relate to people's wealth levels, including through taxation, means-testing, and the encouragement of sa |
| Illustrations: |
Figures and Tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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Returnable |
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