Abstract
Statistics on the level of income and wealth in the United Kingdom aim to present an overall picture of the economy in terms of frequently used concepts. The precise meaning of these concepts is not always clear; in Section 1 of this chapter the various statistics and concepts used later are therefore defined. Section 2 describes the sources of the statistics presented and some of the problems which may prevent straightforward interpretation. Section 3 summarises the main trends in the statistics.
Thanks are due to the Department of Economics, Research School of social Sciences, at the Australian National University. This chapter was written during a visit there in summer 1986.
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Central Statistical Office (1985) United Kingdom National Accounts (HMSO);
C. H. Feinstein (1976). Statistical Tables of National Income, Expenditure and Output of the U.K. 1855–1965 (Macmillan).
See W. F. F. Kemsley, R. N. Redpath and M. Holmes (1980) Family Expenditure Survey Handbook (HMSO).
See A. B. Atkinson (1983) The Economics of Inequality (Oxford University Press) pp. 45–7.
A. B. Atkinson and A. Harrison (1978) The Distribution of Wealth in Britain (Cambridge University Press) Table 6.5.
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Dilnot, A. (1988). The Economic Environment. In: Halsey, A.H. (eds) British Social Trends since 1900. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19466-7_3
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