DID THE MIDDLE-CLASS SHRINK DURING THE 1980S - UK EVIDENCE FROM KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATES

被引：49

作者：

JENKINS, SP

机构：

[1] ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex, Colchester

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 1995年 / 49卷 / 04期

关键词：

SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS; POLARIZATION; INEQUALITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; KERNEL DENSITY ESTIMATION;

D O I：

10.1016/0165-1765(95)00698-F

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper proposes using kernel density estimation methods to investigate the shrinking middle class hypothesis. The approach reveals striking new evidence of changes in the concentration of middle incomes in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. Breakdowns by family economic status demonstrate that a major cause of the aggregate changes was a moving apart of the income distributions for working and non-working households.

引用

页码：407 / 413

页数：7

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