Poverty in Britain in 1904:An Early Social Survey Rediscovered

Until now there have been no national estimates of the extent of poverty in Britain at the turnof the 20th century. This paper introduces a newly-discovered household budget data set forthe early 1900s. These data are more representative of urban working households in Britainin the period than any other existing record, although they are not without deficiencies. Weuse these data to estimate urban poverty in the British Isles in 1904...

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Year of publication:	2007-09-01
Authors:	Gazeley, Ian ; Newell, Andrew
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Haushalt \| Household \| Soziale Verantwortung \| Armut \| poverty

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Extent:	330752 bytes 29 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3046 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	N33 - Europe: Pre-1913 ; Personnel administration. Human resources management. General ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; United Kingdom
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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