Inequality, Redistribution and Recession
The British Experience, 1976-1982
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2113129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael O''Higgin, Michael O’higgins (corresponding author), Michael O'Higgins |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 279-307 |
| Publication date | 1985-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279400014744 |
| OpenAlex | W2117025648 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 7 |
The combination of economic recession and political reaction - which might be expected to lead to an increase in inequality - has been accompanied in the United Kingdom by an intellectual critique of the egalitarian impact of social welfare provision. This paper examines the pattern and trend of inequality and redistribution in recent years in the light of these economic, political and intellectual pressures. The paper demonstrates that inequality has increased since 1976 and that the increase has been more marked since 1979. The main factor causing this increase was the less equal distribution of market incomes, a major effect of the recession. Tax changes were a secondary factor, whilst changes in social benefit programmes had little effect. While social spending did not bring about greater overall equality, it combated and significantly modified the pressures towards greater inequality. The impact of recession is particularly apparent in the changing composition of the bottom of the income distribution: the elderly are being replaced by the unemployed as the inhabitants of the lowest levels of economic welfare
Demographic economics · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic inequality · Economics · Income distribution · Inequality · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Recession · Redistribution (election) · Redistribution of income and wealth · Unemployment · Welfare · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Social Issues and Policies · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Social geography
Accounting for Inequality Trends
Riding the new wave
Disquiet and state welfare
Welfare, hierarquia e a 'nova direita' na era Thatcher
Welfare, Hierarchy and the 'New Right
Income Inequality Trends in the 1980s
The Strategy of Equality Revisited
The Distribution of Social Security Transfers in the UK
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2013 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |