We talk endlessly about inequality, but the tools and data are fragile and misleading. Good local income data is missing - yet house price proxies, small-area models, and AI offer ways forward.
You say tax data is locked away. Were you aware of the public use tape (antiquated name!) of the Survey of Personal Incomes constructed by HMRC? Many years since I was involved in the SPI but it might be useful to you in this (or other) contexts. A link to get you stsrted https://datacatalogue.ukdataservice.ac.uk/studies/study/9309#details
You say tax data is locked away. Were you aware of the public use tape (antiquated name!) of the Survey of Personal Incomes constructed by HMRC? Many years since I was involved in the SPI but it might be useful to you in this (or other) contexts. A link to get you stsrted https://datacatalogue.ukdataservice.ac.uk/studies/study/9309#details
Thanks, that’s helpful! I’ll have a look. Do you know if it’s over time too?
Yes. Goes back many years (in to the last century i think.