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Real wages and living standards in the UK - recent evidence

Geoff Riley

6th April 2015

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This article from Stephen Machin of the LSE looks at the decline in real wages in the UK during the last five to six years.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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