Inequality
How has the distribution of wealth been changing?
Is access to well-paying degrees limited to only people from particular backgrounds?
The incomes of the rich been changing compared to the rest of us, the translation of this to policy is vital in readdressing this balance.
These are just some of the types of questions this theme seeks to address. We take a broad view of inequality, from classic economic issues of differences in income and wealth, questions of who has access to educational and other opportunities, to conceptions of distributive justice. Our work comprises measurement of existing inequalities, analysis of the sources of those inequalities, and the role that policy can play to address those inequalities. We also investigate people’s perceptions of inequality and the consequences of these perceptions on their behaviour, emotions, and well-being through experiments and longitudinal studies. Our group brings together researchers from economics, psychology and law.
Publications:
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'The UK's wealth distribution and characteristics of high-wealth households'
Arun Advani, George Bangham and Jack Leslie, 2020
Wealth and Policy, Working Paper 101 -
'Ethnic diversity in UK economics'
Arun Advani, Elliott Ash, David Cai, Imran Rasul, 2020
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) -
'The Influence of Adult and Peer Role Models on Children and Adolescents: Sharing Decisions
Azzurra Ruggeri, Shenghua Luan, Monika Keller, Michaela Gummerman, 2018
Child Development, Volume 89, Number 5, Pages 1589-1598 - 'When punishment is emotion driven: Children's, adolescents', and adults' costly punishment of unfair allocations'
Michaela Gummerman, Belen Lopez-Perez, Eric Van Djik, Lotte F. Van Dillen, 2019
Social Development