Why Did Britain's Households Get Richer? Decomposing UK Household Income Growth between 1968 and 2008-09
Institute for Fiscal Studies Briefing Note 125
48 Pages Posted: 11 Sep 2015
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
Average UK household income has almost doubled in real terms over the past forty years. This report asks 'From where has the growth in household income come?' and answers this by documenting and analysing the various factors that have contributed to this growth.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Brewer, Mike and Wren-Lewis, Liam, Why Did Britain's Households Get Richer? Decomposing UK Household Income Growth between 1968 and 2008-09 (2011). Institute for Fiscal Studies Briefing Note 125, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2659213 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2659213
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