revealspecific quantiles, particularly those around the poverty line which are mostsusceptible to be vulnerable to shocks to the …

This paper argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamicsbenefits from taking a life cycle perspective. A …

The paper analyses changes in poverty in Britain since 1997. A povertylevel of 60 percent of median equivalised income … Survey, on which government estimatesof Households Below Average Income are based. There was a smallreduction in poverty … poverty are likely to be small. In order to keep on tracktowards the goal of halving child poverty by 2010, further …

. We conclude that many aspects of growing up in poverty are harmful to children’s development, and that narrowly …

Equivalisation of incomes for household size and composition is acceptedpractice when measuring poverty and inequality …

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setting out the extent of the problem ofchild poverty, the causes are discussed and Britain's problem is set ininternational … perspective. The impact on child poverty of policiesdesigned to raise incomes directly is analysed using micro …-simulationmodelling. A major emphasis of current policy is on the promotion ofpaid work, and we explore the potential for poverty reduction …

Poverty Street draws on evidence from twelve of the most disadvantagedneighbourhoods in England and Wales, using Census …