{"id":4013,"date":"2019-05-17T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T10:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=4013"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:19:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:19:28","slug":"inequalities-in-the-twenty-first-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2019\/05\/17\/inequalities-in-the-twenty-first-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Inequalities in the Twenty-First Century"},"content":{"rendered":"

IFS launch the Inequalities in the Twenty-First Century Deaton Review<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>This review will involve experts from a range of disciplines including Sociology, Demography, Epidemiology, Political Science, Philosophy and Economics aiming to build a comprehensive understanding<\/a> of the nature and causes of modern inequality.<\/p>\n

One factor why it is necessary is this staggering quote- The share of income going to the 1% richest households has nearly tripled in the last four decades, from 3% in the late 1970s to around 8% today.<\/p>\n

Also released this week a study by Loughborough University on behalf of End Child Poverty<\/a> which looks at local area indicators of childhood poverty in England in 2017\/18.\u00a0 The study found childhood poverty rising in general in all areas since 2010 but with regional disparities. See the interactive map by area.<\/a><\/p>\n

Plus research from the TUC<\/a> which states real wages for bankers have risen by \u00a36,200 a year since 2009, while the average worker is nearly \u00a31,000 a year worse off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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