This book answers a number of important questions about the distribution of wealth among people and the way that this distribution has changed over time. It pro
This report provides evidence of a fairly generalised increase in income inequality over the past two decades across OECD countries, but the timing, intensity a
Income inequality is rising. A quarter of a century ago, the average disposable income of the richest 10% in OECD countries was around seven times higher than t
In the 1980s, a decade of economic expansion, the rich grew richer but the poor poorer. These essays explore the disparities in wealth and income comparing the
A rapidly growing area of economic research investigates the top of the income distribution using data from income tax records. This volume brings together stud