Living standards· Incomes· Inequality & poverty Squeezed Britain 26 January 2012 by Matthew Whittaker and Jess Bailey Squeezed Britain reveals what life is really like for families who are in work but on a low to middle income. Facing a new tax credits squeeze on top of a continued fall in real wages and a growing chance of a lifetime in renting, this group’s household finances are increasingly precarious. READ MORE
Living standards· Incomes· Productivity & industrial strategy· Inequality & poverty· Economic growth Painful Separation 28 October 2011 by Jess Bailey and Joe Coward and Matthew Whittaker Workers are gaining less of the proceeds from economic growth right across the OECD. Painful Separation examines the relationship between economic growth and wages for workers on middle (median) wages over the last 30 years in 10 major OECD countries. READ MORE
