Paul Gregg|Jonathan Wadsworth
Two Sides to Every Story: Measuring Polarization and Inequality in the Distribution of Work
His Majesty's Treasury|University of Bristol|London School of Economics and Political Science|Royal Holloway University of London|London School of Economics and Political Science|IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
summary individual householdbased aggregate measures joblessness offer conflicting signals labour market performance work unequally distributed paper introduces index used measure extent sources divergence nonemployment rates calculated two levels aggregation built around comparison actual household joblessness rate would occur work equally distributed index conforms basic axioms consistency decomposed applied binary variable interest measured two different levels aggregation applying measures data britain show rising inequality distribution work mostly within group largely unrelated changes size household principal characteristics associated individual joblessness