Income inequality trends in the 1980s and 1990s

TRENDS IN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE INEQUALITY IN THE 1980s AND 1990s A RE-EXAMINATION AND FURTHER RESULTS

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Family income inequality in the 1980s (IS 913 A5)

The 1980s was a time of demographic and economic changes: the recession, high interest rates, an aging population, and continuing increases in the number of multiple-earner families. As a result, there has been considerable interest about what has happened to family income (1) during this period. How has income grown and how has it been distributed among families? (2) Did society become more po...

The inequality of the wage distribution in 15 European countries in the 1980s and 1990s

Making Sense of the 1980s and 1990s

This paper describes and considers explanations for changes in corporate governance and merger activity in the United States since 1980. Corporate governance in the 1980s was dominated by intense merger activity distinguished by the prevalence of leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and hostility. After a brief decline in the early 1990s, substantial merger activity resumed in the second half of the decade...

Growing apart: further analysis of income trends in the 1990s.

There has been debate in Australia about whether income inequality is increasing. Using annual income data, a range of studies suggested that income inequality increased in the 1980s. Using weekly income data, Harding found that income inequality had remained stable between 1982 and 1993–94, and between 1982 and 1996–97. However, it has since emerged that there may be major problems with the we...