Table of Contents

1: Brian Nolan: Introduction
2: Brian Nolan and Stefan Thewissen: The Evolution of Living Standards for Middle and Lower Income Households in OECD Countries
3: Brian Nolan and Stefan Thewissen: Inequality and Ordinary Living Standards in OECD Countries
4: Brian Nolan, Max Roser, and Stefan Thewissen: Median Household Income and GDP
5: Brian Nolan, Stefan Thewissen, and Alice Lazzati: Sources of Household Income Growth in Rich Countries
6: Brian Nolan and Chloé Touzet: Evolution of Median and Lower Incomes across Countries: The Role of Institutions and Growth "Models"
7: Craig Holmes: The Labour Market: Wage Inequality, Occupations and Mobility
8: Annalisa Cristini, Andrea Geraci, and John Muellbauer: Sifting through the ASHE: Job Polarisation and Earnings Inequality in the UK, 1975-2015
9: Brian Nolan: Minimum Wages and Supporting Wage Growth
10: Brian Nolan, Chrysa Leventi, Holly Sutherland, and Iva Tasseva: Strengthening Redistribution
11: Marii Paskov, Joan Madia, and Tim Goedemé: Middle and below living standards: what can we learn from beyond income measures of economic wellbeing?
12: Salvatore Morelli, Brian Nolan and Philippe van Kerm: Wealth Inequality
13: Erzsébet Bukodi and Marii Paskov: Income inequality, living standards and intergenerational social mobility
14: Brian Nolan: Conclusions and Implications

About the Author

Brian Nolan is Director of the Employment, Equity and Growth Programme at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School, Professor of Social Policy at the Department of Social Policy and Social Intervention, and Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College Oxford. His main areas of research are income inequality, poverty, and the economics of social policy, on which he has published widely.