We re-explore Able-Smith and Townsend's landmark study of poverty in early post WW2 Britain. They found a large … increase in poverty between 1953-4 and 1960, a period of relatively strong economic growth. Our re-examination is a first … absolute poverty and also substantially under-estimated the rise in relative poverty. Their and our findings on poverty reflect …

distribution of income in a country. Non-anonymous (or longitudinal) analysis, tracking individuals rather than income positions …

American poverty research largely neglects labor unions. The authors use individual-level panel data, incorporate both … household union membership and state-level union density, and analyze both working poverty and working-aged poverty (among … anchored (<50% of median in 1976) poverty. Both union membership and state union density have statistically and substantively …

finished their installments. In addition to the longitudinal data obtained from these two surveys, qualitative data were … longitudinal data while examining the impact of Islamic microfinance on the welfare of the poor. In the relevant literature, no … study has been identified that uses longitudinal data in Islamic microfinance. Similarly, a limited number of longitudinal …

reducing the poverty rate by almost one percentage point more, a 75 percent increase over the survey estimate. …