## Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom, 1975–99

_IMF Working Papers, February 1, 2002_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Eswar S Prasad
- Published: February 1, 2002
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451846225.001

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### Summary and Main Findings
- Cross-sectional wage inequality in the U.K. rose sharply in the 1980s, continued to rise moderately through the mid-1990s and has remained essentially unchanged since then.
- Increases in within-group inequality account for a substantial fraction of the rise in wage dispersion during 1975-99.
- Compositional shifts in the occupational and industry structures of aggregate employment had important effects on the evolution of wage inequality.
- The convergence of the wage distributions for men and women had a stabilizing effect on the overall wage distribution.

### Analytical Themes and Methodology (as presented)
- Focus on between- and within-group inequality and composition effects.
- Use of micro survey data and log wage specifications to analyze wage and earnings distribution, wage residuals, and wage growth.
- Examination of gender wage gap dynamics and convergence between male and female wage distributions.

### Subject Areas and Keywords
- Subject: Employment, Gender, Income inequality, Labor, National accounts, Wage adjustments, Wages, Women
- Keywords: between- and within-group inequality, composition effects, Employment, Europe, gender wage gap, Income inequality, log wage, micro survey data, Wage adjustments, wage and earnings distribution, wage dispersion, wage distribution, wage growth, wage inequality, wage residual, wage variable, Wages, Women, WP

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