Did the middle classes shrink during the 1980’s? UK evidence from kernel density estimates

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Research Paper

Series Number

95-01

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Working Papers of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change

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Publication date

January 1, 1995

Abstract:

This paper proposes, using kernal 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 U.K. during the 1980's. 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.

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