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Rigg, John A.; Sefton, Tom - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2004

This paper argues that our understanding of income and poverty dynamics benefits from taking a life cycle perspective …

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The relationship between EU indicators of persistent and current poverty

Jenkins, Stephen P; Kerm, Philippe Van - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2013

The current poverty rate and the persistent poverty rate are both included in the EU's portfolio of primary indicators … drawing on empirical analysis of EU-SILC and ECHP data. Using a prototypical model of poverty dynamics, we explain how the … near-linear relationship arises and show how the model can be used to predict persistent poverty rates from current poverty …

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The relationship between EU indicators of persistent and current poverty

Jenkins, Stephen P; Kerm, Philippe Van - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627948

The income distribution in the UK: A picture of advantage and disadvantage

Jenkins, Stephen P - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2015

is evidence about real income levels and inequality, and the prevalence of affluence and of poverty. …

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The Contributions of Professor Amartya Sen in the Field of Human Rights

Vizard, Polly - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2005

This paper analyses the work of the Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Amartya Sen from the perspective of human rights. It assesses the ways in which Sen's research agenda has deepened and expanded human rights discourse in the disciplines of ethics and economics, and examines how his work...

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Measuring Well-Being and Exclusion in Europes Regions

Stewart, Kitty - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2002

The Lisbon summit of the European Council in March 2000 declared the number of people living in poverty and social … conclusions was a commitment to the collection of better data on poverty and social exclusion in the EU. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009201279

Richard Titmuss: Forty years on

Glennerster, Howard - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2014

Richard Titmuss was one of the world's leading public analysts and philosophers. He was highly influential in shaping the post-war welfare state and created the subject we now call social policy. What would he make of the present state of welfare? This lecture reflects on the man and the times...

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An exploration of childhood antecedents of female adult malaise in two British birth cohorts: Combining Bayesian model averaging and recursive partitioning

Hobcraft, John; Sigle-Rushton, Wendy - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2005

We use information from two prospective British birth cohort studies to explore the antecedents of adult malaise, an indicator of incipient depression. These studies include a wealth of information on childhood circumstances, behaviour, test scores and family background, measured several times...

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Definition of equality and framework for measurement: Final Recommendations of the Equalities Review Steering Group on Measurement

Burchardt, Tania; Vizard, Polly - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2007

In October 2007, a unified Commission on Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) will begin operation in Britain. The Commission will have responsibility for monitoring and promoting human rights and equality on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status,...

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Socio-Economic Status and Child Behaviour: Evidence from a contemporary UK cohort

Propper, Carol; Rigg, John A. - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2007

This paper examines whether and how socio-economic status is associated with children's behavioural development in today's children. Using a large cohort of English children born in the early 1990s we find significant social inequalities in several dimensions of child behaviour at age 7. We...

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