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

Abstract This paper proposes using kernel 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 United Kingdom during the 1980s. 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.

Stephen P. Jenkins | S. Jenkins

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