List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: after the turning point John Hills; Part I. Income Distribution: 2. Seeking to explain the distribution of income A. B. Atkinson; 3. The changing shape of the UK income distribution: kernel density estimates Frank A. Cowell, Stephen P. Jenkins and Julie A Litchfield; 4. UK household cost-of-living indices, 1979–92 Ian Crawford; 5. Cost-of-living differences between the regions of the United Kingdom Vani K. Borooah, Patrick P. L. McGregor, Patricia M. McKee and Gwyneth E. Mulholland; Part II. Components of Income: 6. What has happened to the wages of men since 1966? Amanda Gosling, Stephen Machin and Costas Meghir; 7. Women's pay and family incomes in Britain, 1979–91 Susan Harkness, Stephen Machin and Jane Waldfogel; 8. More work in fewer households? Paul Gregg and Jonathan Wadsworth; 9. Self-employment and the distribution of incomes Nigel Meager, Gill Court and Janet Moralee; 10. Fairer or Fowler? The effects of the 1986 Social Security Act on family incomes Martin Evans; Part III. Spatial Aspects: 11. Aspects of the changing geography of poverty and wealth Anne E. Green; 12. Two nations? Changing patterns of income and wealth in two contrasting areas Michael Noble and George Smith; Part IV. Income and Wealth: 13. Patterns of financial wealth-holding in the United Kingdom James Banks, Andrew Dilnot and Hamish Low; 14. Home-ownership, housing wealth and wealth distribution in Britain Chris Hamnett and Jenny Seavers; Bibliography; Index.