In this paper the comparability of two household budget surveys, the 1993 Hungarian Household Budget Survey and the 1993 UK Family Expenditure Survey. Using these data the authors derive measures of total household income and expenditure, and calculate poverty headcounts assuming seven different...

The authors compare the incidence of and characteristics associated with child poverty in the UK and Hungary in 1993. Using a model families approach, the differences between systems of state support for families with and without children are examined, and conclusions drawn about their...

This paper uses household budget survey microdata to explore the growth in household income inequality in Hungary for the period 1987 to 1995, and compares it with inequality in the UK in 1995/96. Decomposition of inequality according to both household characteristics and income sources shows...

This paper explores the implications of examining the effect of policy changes on individual incomes rather than household incomes.