Market - pegged social rents & local income distributions
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but the findings and views expressed in it are solely the authors' responsibility. The study used data from the Family Resources Survey and the Labour Force Survey, which are provided by the Economic and Social Data Service at the University of Essex, and labour market data from NOMIS. Crown copyright applies to these materials.
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