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Comparing incomes when needs differ: Equivalisation forthe extra costs of disability in the UK

Zaidi, Asghar; Burchardt, Tania - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003

Equivalisation of incomes for household size and composition is acceptedpractice when measuring poverty and inequality; adjustments to take account ofother variations in needs are rarely made. This paper explores the financialimplications of one possible source of additional needs: disability....

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Changing Poverty Post-1997

Piachaud, David; Sutherland, Holly - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

The paper analyses changes in poverty in Britain since 1997. A povertylevel of 60 percent of median equivalised income is used. The first partexamines the changes that occurred between 1996/7 and 2000/1 asshown by the Family Resources Survey, on which government estimatesof Households Below...

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As SIMPL As That: Introducing a Tax-BenefitMicrosimulation Model for Poland

Bargain, Olivier; Morawski, Leszek; Myck, Michal; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The Polish tax and benefit system is presented in the context of a recently developedmicrosimulation model, SIMPL. The model allows simulating direct taxes, social contributionsand public benefits in Poland for the years 2003 and 2005...>br>

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The Role of Micro-financing in Rural Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

Juanah, Momoh - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fachbereich Wirtschaft - 2005

Throughout the developing world, there is a desperate quest for a way out ofthe financial predicament confronting the rural poor. In most countries of thedeveloping regions, especially South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the ruralpopulation forms the larger proportion of the entire population and...

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Modelling Vulnerability in the UK

Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra; Cowell, Frank A. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

In this paper we examine the concept of "vulnerability" (Townsend 1994) within thecontext of income mobility of the poor. We test for the dynamics of vulnerablehouseholds in the UK using Waves 1 - 12 of the British Household Panel Survey andfind that, of three different types of risks that we...

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Measuring Well-Being and Exclusion in Europe’sRegions

Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

averages. This paper seeks to marry thisapproach with the EU’s traditional focus on regional cohesion, by developingregional … indicators of well-being and exclusion for EU countries. It draws on a rangeof sources to put together indicators in five … was a commitment to the collection ofbetter data on poverty and social exclusion in the EU.[...] …

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Social Exclusion and Children:A European view for a US debate

Micklewright, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe butits application to children has seen relatively little discussion. What couldbe meant by exclusion of children is the first main theme of the paper.Among other things, I consider the choice of reference group, thegeographical...

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Growing up: School, family and area influences onadolescents’ later life chances

Burgess, Simon M.; Gardiner, Karen; Propper, Carol - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

This paper explores the links between school, family and areabackground influences during adolescence and later adult economicoutcomes. The empirical analysis is based on data covering the period1979 to 1996, drawn from the 1979 US National Longitudinal Survey ofYouth. For a sample of...

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Why rising tides don’t lift all boats: An explanation ofthe relationship between poverty and unemploymentin Britain

Burgess, Simon M.; Gardiner, Karen; Propper, Carol - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2001

This paper is motivated by the lack of any obvious relationship betweenaggregate poverty and unemployment in Great Britain. We derive aframework based on individuals’ risks of unemployment and poverty,and how these vary over the economic cycle. Analysing the BritishHousehold Panel Survey for...

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Understanding the relationship between parental income and multiple child outcomes: a decomposition analysis

Gregg, Paul; Propper, Carol; Washbrook, Elizabeth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

In this paper we explore the association between family income and children’s cognitive ability (IQ and school performance), socio-emotional outcomes (self esteem, locus of control and behavioural problems) and physical health (risk of obesity). We develop a decomposition technique that allows...

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