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    Income inequality from 1960–2012: a brief time-series history of capital and labour


    Flaherty, Eoin (2014) Income inequality from 1960–2012: a brief time-series history of capital and labour. Irish Journal of Sociology, 22 (1). pp. 88-101. ISSN 0791-6035

    Abstract

    This commentary examines two principal forms of inequality and their evolution since the 1960s: the division of national income between capital and labour, and the share of total income held by the top 1 per cent of earners. Trends are linked to current discussions of inequality drivers such as financialisation, and a brief time-series analysis of the effects of trade and financial sector growth on top incomes is presented.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: inequality; labour share; time series; Ireland; top income;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
    Item ID: 12884
    Identification Number: 10.7227/IJS.22.1.6
    Depositing User: Eoin Flaherty
    Date Deposited: 14 May 2020 10:12
    Journal or Publication Title: Irish Journal of Sociology
    Publisher: A & A Farmar
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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