for its 22 major regions. The paper argues that regional income differentials were significantly larger, that intra …

reach the levels of income enjoyed by the richest nations.[...] …

responsible for elderlypeople’s living standards. Secondly, this article analyses private andpublic income transfers to elderly … to the income of the elderly households,particularly poorer households, while public transfers do not make anysignificant …

Gateway, London’s major growth area.Nearly half the families are lone parents and half are from an ethnic minoritybackground … havevery little control, and parents are upset by difficult housing andenvironmental conditions that they feel powerless to …

Helen Bowman reports on interviews with 100 families in two low-income cityneighbourhoods, one in Sheffield and one in … children, but most families valued theirlocal community.[...] …

. CASE’s qualitative, longitudinalstudy in low income areas seeks to understand area change from theperspective of families … problems and strengths,children’s education, and the direction of change.[...] …

This paper argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamicsbenefits from taking a life cycle perspective. A … life events, such as partnership formation, having children, orretirement; this in turn affects their probability of … experiencing rising, falling, orother income trajectories. Using ten waves of the British Household PanelSurvey, we analyse the …

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 … to changes in benefits and tax credits which increased for some,particularly for families on low earnings with children …