EARNINGS INEQUALITY IN GREAT BRITAIN 1975-90: THE ROLE OF AGE

This paper is concerned with the growing earnings dispersion among British men. The study is based on unit record data drawn from the New Earnings Survey. It is found that increases in inequality within age groups account for most of the rise in earnings inequality overall. Occupation too is a signi...

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Published in:The Review of income and wealth 1994-09, Vol.40 (3), p.287-302
Main Authors: Bell, David, Rimmer, Russell, Rimmer, Sheila
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Age discrimination
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Income inequality
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